Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) Look-up Tool

The Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) Look-up tool allows providers to use our secure eServices online portal to obtain the new MBI number when patients do not present their Medicare card. The MBI Look-up tool will only return an MBI if the new Medicare card has been mailed to avoid potential confusion if the MBI is used before the beneficiary receives their new Medicare card. Please review this article and share it with your staff.

Applies to:
JJ Part A//General
JJ Part B//General
JM Home Health and Hospice//General
JM Part A//General
JM Part B//General
Railroad Medicare (RRB)//General – Railroad Medicare

For more information, follow this link to the providers website.

MDS 3.0 Item Sets Draft v1.16.0R Released

CMS has released draft v1.16.0R of the MDS 3.0 Item Sets scheduled to become effective Oct. 1, 2018. This file may be found in the Downloads section of the CMS MDS 3.0 Technical Information website.

The following significant changes are included:
• revisions to discharge goal coding instructions in GG0130 (self-care) and GG0170 (mobility);
• addition of skip pattern language to GG0170M and GG0170N;
• revisions to skip pattern language to GG0170Q1 and GG0170Q3;
• addition of coding instructions to J2000 (prior surgery);
• revisions to skip pattern language to M0210 (unhealed pressure ulcers/injuries) and M0300G (number of unhealed pressure ulcers/injuries);
• addition of coding instructions to N2001 (drug regimen review) and N2005 (medication intervention).

There are additional changes to text in Sections C, GG, I, J, M, N and O. Please see the Item Changes document from the above file for details.