CV ASC Registry Education-Health Insurance and MBI

Video Transcription

For all insurance matters, the registry will defer to how your facility identifies insurance plans.  Please check with your billing department and select all sources that apply in Sequence 310, Payment Source.  If the patient uses Medicare as a payment source, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, has removed Social Security number-based health insurance claim numbers  from Medicare cards, and they are now using Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers, or MBIs, for Medicare transactions like billing, eligibility status, and claim status.  MBIs are clearly different than the HICN in that they are 11 characters in length and made up of only numbers and uppercase letters, no special characters.  If you use lowercase letters, our system will convert them to uppercase letters. For more information regarding CMS and its policies or practices, please reach out to  them directly as we are unable to speak on behalf of CMS.

Video Summary

The registry defers to your facility's insurance plan identification for insurance matters. Check with your billing department and indicate all applicable sources in Sequence 310, Payment Source. Medicare now uses Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBIs) rather than Social Security number-based health insurance claim numbers on Medicare cards. MBIs are 11 characters of numbers and uppercase letters with no special characters. The system will automatically convert lowercase letters to uppercase. For further information on CMS policies, contact them directly as the registry cannot speak on behalf of CMS.

Keywords

insurance plan identification

billing department

Payment Source

Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers

CMS policies