The users of Medicare There will be a new change from January 1, 2026which is related to the form of identity verification on the healthcare access platform. The company reported the agreement with the ID.me platform and with CLEARwith the introduction of artificial intelligence.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has signed a contract with ID.mewith the aim of increasing security in the identity verification processes of online users.
This system is used when logging into the platform digital identity wallet as well as with CLEAR.
In a statement released on December 16, 2025, ID.me founder and CEO Blake Hall highlighted the deal. “This collaboration shows what can be achieved and when Government and technology work together to protect data to be kept confidential at the national level,” he said.
Under this system the Medicare users are subject to a verification system based on artificial intelligence, with the aim of reducing fraud and administrative processes.
As well as detailed Invest, Medicare will also integrate the CLEAR identity platform from early 2026 through a contract for CMS’s national Health Tech Ecosystem initiative.
This method is used for the Account creation, recovery and access to health information.
Starting early next year, users of Medicare can enroll using the same credentials they use with other federal agenciesfor example, for the Social Security Administration (SSA) or the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
In this sense it is Documents accepted for both identification platforms Are:
You also need to provide information to register an email, a phone number and a photo for identity verification carried out in real time. This process only occurs when you first create or verify the account.
The virtual wallet has an additional program called ID.me RX, which is subject to discounts Medication Prescribed in pharmacies throughout the United States.
Meanwhile, the company warned that this mechanism could be used for replacement Medicarebut not in addition, when purchasing medicines.
That means the discounts are used for the health insurance or those that appear on the ID.me card but cannot be combined with each other.
According to the platform, such systems are already deployed in 50 government agencies and more than 600 private sector companies in the United States, with the aim of increasing security in online identity verification processes.
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