If you receive a phone call that purports to be from Medicare asking you for money or information, hang up immediately and call Medicare to report the fraud. You can always print an official copy of your card or order a new one from your online Medicare account. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina: after June 2018. No CMS systems were breached, and no Medicare claims data were involved, according to the announcement. r[HZ6l#)3kP.X6~{! I have talked with many individuals who have been on Medicare for years and also those who are new to Medicare, and this call is happening to both groups. For example: If you notice one of these marketing violations, please tell your local Senior Medicare Patrol. WebCMS will being mailing new Medicare cards to beneficiaries in April 2018. Therefore, the information contained in this website cannot replace the advice of competent legal counsel licensed in your jurisdiction. Opinions in comments that appear in this blog belong to the individuals who expressed them. For more information on how the FTC handles information that we collect, please read our privacy policy. Private insurance companies administer, market, and sell Medicare Advantage (MA, Part C) and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (Part D), so its important to understand your rights and some of the limits on marketing. Comments and user names are part of the Federal Trade Commissions (FTC) public records system, and user names also are part of the FTCscomputer user recordssystem. The cards will be mailed in seven waves by groups of states over the next year. [CDATA[// >