“Under the Medicare Common Access Card (CAC) Act, Medicare cards would use the same chip technology that the Department of Defense (DoD) currently uses to verify the identities of men and women in uniform.”
“The Medicare Common Access Card would also address the “pay and chase” reimbursement system in which reimbursements are paid before they’re verified. The chip technology would verify the identities of patients and billing providers to help prevent fraud before it occurs.”
“Industry groups and businesses like the Secure ID Coalition and Zebra Technologies have come out in support of the CAC Act…”
Source: House bill would modernize Medicare identification cards with chip technology – By Aaron Martin, December 8, 2017, Homeland Preparedness News. Read the full article here.
