New Medicare ID numbers (also known officially known as a Medicare Beneficiary Identifier or MBI) were issued removing your social security number from your Medicare Beneficiary Identifier Card. (Note: The new Medicare ID number replaced your old Medicare ID number that previously included your social security number, followed by a letter or two.)
The transition period started April 1, 2018 and ran through December 31, 2019.
The main reasons they took the SSN off of Medicare cards was to fight medical identity theft for people with Medicare and also to help protect their privacy.
Don’t worry though, your Medicare benefits were not changed by the new Medicare ID number.
For more information, click on web links below:
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/New-Medicare-Card/index
For a downloadable PDF:
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