Medicare will stop using Social Security numbers for identification. Beneficiaries who already have a Medicare identification card with their Social Security number, know that Medicare will mail you new cards with Medicare ID numbers.
- Mailing will begin in April 2018 and be completed by April 2019.
- The change is intended to protect beneficiaries from identity theft.
- After tou receive the new card, beneficiaries need to bring their new cards whenever they get care.
- After you receive your new card, you should destroy the old card that has the Social Security number on it.