Section B, episode of care or the admission will review version 2.3 changes. Please proceed with caution when adding an episode of care. When entering an episode for version 2.2, the discharge date must be before April 1, 2021. When entering an episode for version 2.3, the discharge date must be on or after April 1, 2021. The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act or MACRA of 2015 requires CMS to remove Social Security numbers from all Medicare cards by April 2019. The Social Security number based Health Insurance Claim Number or HIC has been replaced by a new Medicare Beneficiary Identifier or MBI. Enter the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier or MBI available on arrival to this facility in sequence 1, 2, 8, 4, 6. Patients who are not insured by Medicare will not have an MBI number. In this scenario or when the MBI is not available, please leave sequence 1, 2, 8, 4, 6 blank.

Administration link

Registry Site Manager

Individual Profile

User activity

Registry Data Collection Tool

adding episode of care

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Medicare Beneficiary Identifier

MBI

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