On 4/2/2018, CMS started mailing new Medicare cards with the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) to all people with Medicare and will continue to mail

On 4/2/2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) started mailing new Medicare cards with the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) to all people with Medicare and will continue to mail new Medicare cards in phases by geographic location. This means that some of your patients may have already received their new Medicare card containing the MBI.

If you are currently registered with NGSConnex, our free, secure internet portal you will be able to login and use the MBI Lookup Tool to obtain your patient's MBI, if CMS has mailed them their new Medicare card. To use this new self-service tool in NGSConnex, you will be required to validate using reCaptcha software and also you will need to enter the following search criteria:

• Patient Last Name
• Patient First Name
• Patient Date of Birth
• Patient Social Security Number
• NPI

We encourage you to watch this three-minute video, to learn more about the MBI Lookup Tool available in NGSConnex.

If you are not already a registered NGSConnex user, we strongly encourage you to register now and take advantage of all the time money and time saving features NGSConnex has to offer.