Since March 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been quietly preparing for and consulting stakeholders about a change in how it identifies Medicare patients. Starting in April ...

Your Medicare number, also known as the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI), is a unique 11-character combination located on your Medicare card. If you don’t have your physical card, you can find ...

SCAMMED. CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE LOOKED INTO IT. SO HERE’S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE RECEIVED FROM SEVERAL VIEWERS. THIS PARTICULAR VIEWER SENT AN EMAIL TELLING ME I RECEIVED A ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is helping providers prepare for the transition to new Medicare cards that will replace a beneficiary's Social Security number with a randomly-assigned ...

Your Medicare number, which is different from your Social Security number, is essential for your identification. You can find your Medicare number on your physical Medicare card, through your online ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Nearly five million Floridians are enrolled in Medicare, which is the federal health insurance program that pays for covered health care services for most people who are age 65 ...

ROACH HAS MORE. MEDICARE FRAUD IS A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS FOR SCAMMERS, ESTIMATED TO COST TAXPAYERS ABOUT $60 BILLION A YEAR. CROOKS GET MEDICARE NUMBERS BY POSING AS MEDICARE REPS ON THE ...