eSolutions, the industry’s leading Medicare billing experts, has created a new, free tool to support healthcare providers across the country in transitioning more easily to the use of Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBIs) for claim reimbursement.
This article originally appeared on eSolutions' website.
This tool, created in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is now being used by 5,000 healthcare facilities across the United States – ranging from the smallest home health provider to some of the largest hospitals and health systems – and is offered free of charge for providers.
On Jan. 1, 2020, CMS instituted the use of MBI to replace Social Security Number-based Health Insurance Claim Numbers and guard against fraud, identity theft and illegal use of benefits. MBI implementation has been mostly successful, but because of the learning curve and lack of resources to make updates, many providers have experienced costly claim rejections and denials. CMS data from November 2019 revealed that providers had submitted only 87 percent of claims with an MBI number in place of HICN. With the influx of patients due to COVID-19, providers need a quick, easy way to find patient MBIs. Click here to continue>>
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