NEW MBI NUMBERS

[axeman462]

notifcation on the Aetna Producer login page:

Attention Medicare producers: CMS assigned many new Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers so be sure to confirm your member's MBI prior to submitting their application to avoid processing delays. Active policies on your reports reflect the new MBI.

 

[Fisher]

Is this from 2018?

 

[axeman462]

Is this from 2018?

no its on the aetna producer log in page right now. Its weird, threw me off too

Its also on the producer world main page, under messages

 

[Millwood]

It was done due to a data breach.

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[axeman462]

It was done due to a data breach.

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so we can expect this to be an annual thing then?

 

[Fisher]

It was done due to a data breach.

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Odd, I haven't heard anyone talking about new MBIs at all.

 

[Millwood]

CMS Notifies Individuals Potentially Impacted by Data Breach | CMS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS) are notifying people whose protected health information or other personally identifiable information (PII) may have been compromised in connection with Medicare administrative services...

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