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Align with SSA Sex Records for Patients

Question: When submitting a claim for a transgender patient who’s a Medicare beneficiary, which sex do I put on the claim? California Subscriber Answer: Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) cards, which are required for all billing, eligibility, and claims status questions and transactions for beneficiaries, beginning Jan. 1, 2020, do not list sex. The previous Medicare cards used the health insurance claim [...]
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