In April 2018, every Medicare beneficiary will receive a new Medicare card that eliminates the need for Social Security numbers, which will help to combat fraud and identity theft and protect taxpayer dollars, according to The CMS Blog.
“It’s unfortunate that criminals are increasingly targeting people aged 65 or older for medical identity theft, including when someone illegally uses another person’s Medicare number,” Seema Verma, administrator of CMS, wrote in the blog. “An identity thief may bill Medicare for expensive services that were never provided or
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