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Hop on board the Medicare Beneficiary Initiative train before it鈥檚 too late. For the week ending Aug. 30, providers submitted 79 percent of fee-for-service claims with the MBI, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says in a message to providers.

鈥淏eginning 1/1/2020, you must submit claims using MBIs (with a few exceptions), no matter what date the services were performed,鈥� stresses Medicare Administrative Contractor National Government Services in a message to providers.

And even without Social Security Numbers on them, remember 鈥渢o guard your Medicare card like a credit card, check Medicare claims summary forms for errors, and be wary of unsolicited requests for your Medicare number,鈥� CMS tells beneficiaries in a new release.

鈥淗ealth care scammers will go to great lengths to steal from Medicare beneficiaries. That鈥檚 why guarding your Medicare card and personal information is essential,鈥� CMS Administrator Seema Verma says in the release. 鈥淵ou can protect yourself by knowing what to look for. Remember, if a caller says they鈥檙e from Medicare and asks for your Medicare number or other personal information 鈥� hang up. It鈥檚 probably a scam.鈥�