RRB: New Medicare Card: MBI Look-up Tool Clarification and RRB Mailing

Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) Mailing:

On June 1, RRB will mail new Medicare cards to their beneficiaries. CMS will return a message on the eligibility transaction response for every RRB patient MBI inquiry that will read, “Railroad Retirement Medicare Beneficiary.”

The new RRB card will still have the RRB logo in the upper left corner and “Railroad Retirement Board” at the bottom, but you cannot tell from looking at the MBIs if these patients are eligible for Medicare because they are railroad retirees.

Source: https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/FFSProvPartProg/Provider-Partnership-Email-Archive-Items/2018-05-17-eNews.html?DLPage=1&DLEntries=10&DLSort=0&DLSortDir=descending