Understanding the Medicare Summary Notice and Options

If you get a Medicare-covered service, you’ll get an MSN in the mail every three months. The notice shows all your services that your Medicare provider of service billed to Medicare during a three-month period, what Medicare paid, and what you may owe the provider. This notice isn’t a bill.

• Understanding your Medicare Summary Notice (MSN) 

Go Paperless! Electronic Medicare Summary Notice (eMSN)

Sign up for a monthly electronic version of the MSN for Medicare beneficiaries. Enrolling for eMSN is fast and easy. Go to Medicare.gov and log on.

• Electronic Medicare Summary Notice Overview

Note: Alternative Medicare Summary Notice options are available in audio, braille or large print. Call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) for more information.

Go Paperless! Help Promote Monthly eMSN

Please include the following eMSN Overview in your communication channels and/or post one of the eMSN posters on your community bulletin board, counter or door for Medicare beneficiaries and their caregivers.

• Electronic Medicare Summary Notice Overview
• 8.5"×11" version of eMSN poster
• 11"×17" version of eMSN poster

Updated 3/25/2024