New Medicare Card Provider Letter
Guidance for new Medicare cards and how CMS will be removing Social Security numbers from Medicare cards and replacing Health Insurance Claim Numbers with a unique, randomly generated number.
Final
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: January 01, 2020
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