Medicare has long been plagued with overpaying providers, and one of the primary duties of program integrity contractors is to collect the overpayments and return them to Medicare. However, this may not be happening, as evidenced by a recent report from the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General. Read the full article >>>
Medicare Cards Without Social Security Numbers Coming In 2018
Coming Soon: A new Medicare card that will not display a cardholder’s Social Security number (SSN). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced it is preparing to issue Medicare cards that will use new unique numbers in place of cardholder SSNs. CMS said it would begin mailing new cards to beneficiaries in April 2018. Read the full article >>>