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The claim number identifies a claim for Medicare payment on balls for medical services. “If you put a wrong claim number— or don’t enter a number — on a ‘Request for Medicare Payment’ form, a search for your correct number is necessary,” Mrs. Crumpton added. “The search can delay your payment.”

If itemized bills are sent in with a claim, the claim number also should be written on each separate bill, she said.

THE CLAIM number appears on the health insurance card issued to everyone covered by Medicare. The number has nine digits and a symbol, such as A, B, F2. “The number, including the symbol, should be copied onto the designated blank on the ‘Request for Medicare Payment’ form,” Mrs. Crumpton said.

“Eayment can also be delayed when medical bills are submitted

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