Charlie_Boy
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- Jan 6, 2007
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Got a letter and new card from Dept of Health and Human Services which stated in bold type:
You now have a new Medicare Number and your previous Medicare Number is no longer valid. Your new Medicare card is inside.
It went on to say I need to start using my new card on December 29, 2023. On that date I should destroy my old card and inform my providers I have a new number. It explained that in November they had an incident with one of their contractors that "may have affected your Medicare Number" and that they notified me of it. I don't recall receiving any notice and, if I did, I might have blown it off.
Has anyone else been through this? I have some ideas of what to do, not sure when, and thought I would ask here and maybe get other ideas. December 29th is a Friday and a day before the long New Year's Weekend. Of course I need to inform my providers. My main health provider may be easy and I suspect I should tell them now rather than wait until January 2nd in case I need any emergency care. I did call them about it, they said they never experieced that, and I can go into my account on line to change the number. Also, I can get phone numbers off my Medicare statements of other providers. One issue may be that on those statements are providers who have billed Medicare for service under another provider.
What about Part B providers? I have secondary insurance under Tricare for Life and I guess I should notify them too that my Medicare Number is changing. An odd thing, maybe or maybe not, is that my wife is under Medicate too but didn't get any replacement card
-Charlie-
You now have a new Medicare Number and your previous Medicare Number is no longer valid. Your new Medicare card is inside.
It went on to say I need to start using my new card on December 29, 2023. On that date I should destroy my old card and inform my providers I have a new number. It explained that in November they had an incident with one of their contractors that "may have affected your Medicare Number" and that they notified me of it. I don't recall receiving any notice and, if I did, I might have blown it off.
Has anyone else been through this? I have some ideas of what to do, not sure when, and thought I would ask here and maybe get other ideas. December 29th is a Friday and a day before the long New Year's Weekend. Of course I need to inform my providers. My main health provider may be easy and I suspect I should tell them now rather than wait until January 2nd in case I need any emergency care. I did call them about it, they said they never experieced that, and I can go into my account on line to change the number. Also, I can get phone numbers off my Medicare statements of other providers. One issue may be that on those statements are providers who have billed Medicare for service under another provider.
What about Part B providers? I have secondary insurance under Tricare for Life and I guess I should notify them too that my Medicare Number is changing. An odd thing, maybe or maybe not, is that my wife is under Medicate too but didn't get any replacement card
-Charlie-