Part A Eligibility (continued)

Health care professionals can find out if a person has Original Medicare (Part A or Part B) benefits by looking at the front of the person’s red, white, and blue Medicare Health Insurance card under the “Entitled To” section.

People with an MA Plan have a separate insurance card supplied by the private company administering their plan.

CMS Medicare cards include a unique, randomly assigned number called a Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI). Information about whether people are enrolled in MA Plans is not on their Medicare card.

For more information about the MBI, review Sections 50 and 50.1 of the Medicare General Information, Eligibility, and Entitlement Manual, Chapter 2.