Handling Personally Identifiable Information on the Medicare Summary Notice
The purpose of this change request is to (1) Provide instructions to contractors regarding how to handle claims when the beneficiary’s health insurance claim number (HICN)
and name do not match, and (2) Eliminate identification of the beneficiary’s HICN on the Medicare Summary Notice
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: December 19, 2007
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