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Reminder: Medicare Social Security Removal Transition Period Ends 12/31/19
Pursuant to the MACRA law, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) must remove Social Security Number (SSN)-based numbers from Medicare claims and cards. CMS has issued new beneficiary ID cards and is now using Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBIs) Medicare transactions including billing, eligibility status, and claim status.
While NextGen Healthcare clients have the option of using either the new MBI or the old SSN-based number until the end of the transition period (12/31/19) when they must begin using the new MBI for all Medicare transactions.
NextGen Enterprise version 5.9 introduced the ability to mask all but the last 4 digits of the SSN throughout viewable and printable areas of the application, including reports. This gives practices with the ability to further protect the patient SSN, thus minimizing risk to both patients and the practice.
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