[NFB-Idaho] Fwd: New Medicare Card --Wave 6 Begins, Wave 4 Ends

[Susan Bradley]

Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you know that anyone on Medicare will get a new card with a number that is not their Social Security number. Medicare has now started wave six and Idaho is included in wave six. There is additional information in the email that I forwarded. Susan Bradley

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From: Susan Bradley <Susan.Bradley at aging.idaho.gov<mailto:Susan.Bradley at aging.idaho.gov>>
Date: September 17, 2018 at 1:56:30 PM MDT
To: Susan Bradley <craftisue at hotmail.com<mailto:craftisue at hotmail.com>>
Subject: FW: New Medicare Card --Wave 6 Begins, Wave 4 Ends



Susan Bradley
Technical Records Specialist I

From: SMP Program List [mailto:SMP-PROGRAM-LIST at LIST.NIH.GOV] On Behalf Of Glendening, Katherine J. (ACL)
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2018 1:36 PM
To: SMP-PROGRAM-LIST at LIST.NIH.GOV<mailto:SMP-PROGRAM-LIST at LIST.NIH.GOV>
Subject: New Medicare Card --Wave 6 Begins, Wave 4 Ends




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Important New Medicare Card Mailing Update – Wave 6 Begins, Wave 4 Ends



The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) started mailing new Medicare cards to people with Medicare who live in Wave 6 states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.



We’ve now finished mailing cards to people with Medicare who live in Waves 1, 2, 3 and now Wave 4 states and territories. If someone with Medicare says they didn’t get a card, you should instruct them to:



•         Sign into MyMedicare.gov<http://MyMedicare.gov> to see if we mailed their card.  If so, they can print an official card. They’ll need to create an account, if they don’t already have one.

•         Call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227).  There might be something that needs to be corrected, such as updating their mailing address.



You can also print out and give them a copy of “Still Waiting for Your New Card?<https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/New-Medicare-Card/Outreach-and-Education/Tear-Off-for-After-Card-Mailing-Ends.pdf>” or you can order<https://productordering.cms.hhs.gov/> copies to hand out.



To ensure that people with Medicare continue to get care, health care providers and suppliers can use either the former Social Security number-based HICN or the new alpha-numeric Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) for all Medicare transactions through December 31, 2019.



Check this website<https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/New-Medicare-Card/NMC-Mailing-Strategy.pdf> as the mailings progress. Continue to direct people with Medicare to Medicare.gov/NewCard<https://www.medicare.gov/NewCard/> for information about the mailings and to sign up to get email about the status of card mailings in their state.



Also, please look at and share this new resource:

•         “New Card, Same Guard” fraud ad which started running September 10.  It’s posted on YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_-dHiln4bg&feature=youtu.be> and accessible from the Your Medicare Card<https://www.medicare.gov/forms-help-resources/your-medicare-card> and Medicare fraud<https://www.medicare.gov/forms-help-resources/help-fight-medicare-fraud> pages (Related Resources à Guard your Medicare card<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_-dHiln4bg&feature=youtu.be>).



We’re committed to mailing new cards to all people with Medicare by April 2019.





Marilyn D. Maultsby
Senior Advisor and CMS SHIP Liaison

Partner Relations Group

Office of Communications
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

(410) 786-6488

Marilyn.Maultsby at cms.hhs.gov<mailto:Marilyn.Maultsby at cms.hhs.gov>







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