Why does Medicare need my personal health information?

September 20, 2009 by admin

Your personal health information is needed to pay your medical claims, to collect premiums, to share your benefit payment with other insurer(s), and to prepare your Medicare Summary Notice. Some of the ways Medicare may use your personal health information is to make sure you and other people with Medicare are receiving quality health care, to provide customer services to you, or to resolve any complaints you have.