New Medicare Replacement Cards in the Mail

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Following the Medicare data breach, you can continue to use your existing Medicare card; beneficiaries with compromised Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers will be sent a new card with a new number.

The personal information of more than 900,000 Medicare beneficiaries was exposed during a data breach that occurred between May 27 and May 31, 2023. Information was stolen exploiting a "vulnerability" in the MOVEit software program used by Medicare contractor Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS) to transfer files during the Medicare claims process, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that manages the Medicare program.

 
 
This will create a problem for beneficiaries and providers.

Beneficiaries will receive the card in the mail and may toss them, thinking it is a scam.

Providers, agents and carriers that have their MBI on file will have to update information . . . most likely on an as needed basis

Oh what fun!
 
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