The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that they will be mailing out new Medicare cards in 2025. The new cards will have a new look and feel, and they will include a new Medicare number. The new Medicare number will be a randomly generated 11-digit number. It will replace the current Medicare number, which is a Social Security number.
CMS is making this change to protect Medicare beneficiaries from fraud and identity theft. The new Medicare number will be more difficult to steal and use than the current Social Security number. The new cards will also include a new security feature that will make them more difficult to counterfeit.
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