Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
MBI Usage Stays On Target
The majority of providers are successfully submitting Medicare claims with Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBIs). For the week ending March 22, providers nationwide used patients’ MBIs on 68 percent of claims, CMS notes. Tip: If you’re not yet using MBIs on claims, “check your remittance advice for the MBI when you submit claims with valid and active HICNs,” HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor CGS advises in a new post. The MBI is included on both electronic and paper RAs. “Don’t wait till January 1, 2020, to start submitting your patient’s MBI on your claims,” CGS stresses. “If you have it, submit it! If you don’t have it, get it!” More MBI info, including lookup instructions, are at https://cgsmedicare.com/hhh/pubs/news/2019/0319/cope11891.html.
Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
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