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If you have medicare and your spouse also has you as a dependent on their insurance which is primary and which is secondary?
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∙ 14y ago
Medicare is primary unless you are working and have coverage thru your employer. Coverage thru the spouse's employer would be secondary to your own Medicare coverage.
NO. The answer posted above is incorrect! Medicare is Secondary.
Medicare is secondary when :
-The individual or his/her spouse is currently employed/working and covered under an employer group health plan as a result of current employment
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoIf you have medicare and you are a dependent on your spouses medical insurance policy then you would be primary under your spouse and Medicare would be secondary payor. There are a few circumstances where Medicare would be primary but very few (your spouse is covered under COBRA, the group is less than 20 members, or you have end stage renal disease.) Medicare is 99.99 % always secondary because it is a government program (much like Medicaid.) I hope this helps:) Evan
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Would Medicare be your primary or secondary insurance?
We have Medicare and added on Anthem. Does that mean Medicare is primary (Paying 80 percent) , and Anthem is secondary?
Do you obtain a authorization for secondary ins when medicare is primary?
after getting the payment from medicare (Primary) then secondary (X/Y/Insurance should pay even if there is no auth. And only this happens if secondary insurance follow medicare guidelines.
Can medicare be used for secondary insurance if the primary insurance is paid by your employer?
Medicare is primary if your group is under 20 lives. 20 lives or more and medicare is secondary to your employer paid group plan.
How do you get medicare as your primary insurance if you have horizons select as your primary you want to change?
You cannot decide which insurance is primary and which is secondary. Their is nothing you can do to determine this. Within each policy it specifies when each policy is primary or secondary. With Medicare, it is always going to be secondary to insurance provided by an employer or retirement plan.
If a small group is in a PEO is medicare primary or secondary?
Medicare is always the primary insurance unless someone is still working
My son receives Social Security disability and Medicare. I also carry him as a dependent on my group health insurance through work. Which insurance (group health from my employer or Medicare) is his primary insurance?
In most cases, Medicare is the primary insurance for those who have it and are also covered by other types of insurance, like a group health plan. The group health plan would then typically serve as secondary insurance to cover costs not paid by Medicare. It's best to check with both insurance providers to understand how they coordinate benefits for your son's situation.
You have Medicare as primary insurance and BCBS as secondary insurance Do you pay the copay on the secondary insurance?
The answer to this question depends on what kind of secondary insurance you have - is it a group health plan? Is it a supplement? If Medicare is primary, there are still deductibles, copays, coinsurance that would need to be satisfied by your secondary insurance. Based on your question, I'm assuming that you have a group health plan with a copayment as your secondary insurance. If so, then yes, you would pay your copayment but it would not exceed the part B deductible.
My mother receives Blue Cross Blue Shield through a job which now pays her disability. She also is covered by medicare. Which insurance company is her primary insurance?
Blue Cross Blue Shield is primary and Medicare is secondary they will the BCBS first and then bill Medicare.
Can your husbands company require Medicare to be your primary provider?
they can't actually "require" it but any insurance can contract with Medicare to be secondary, provided both parties agree
If you and a spouse have different health insurance but have never designated one as primary or secondary could this cause problems when you do designate primary or secondary?
If you have insurance through your employer, and you are the policy holder,(the insurance is in your name) this insurance will be primary for you, and your spouses insurance policy will be secondary. The insurance policy thru your spouse's employer, (your spouse is the policy holder, or the insurance is in their name), this would be primary for your spouse, and your policy would be their secondary. Here's the phamplet from Medicare http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/02179.pdf
How do you determine primary and secondary coverage for an adult patient covered by two full benefit polices?
Check this page for the answer http://www.steveshorr.com/law_relating_to_insurance.htm primary policy will be medicare&secondary will bethe patient's commercial insurance company.as medicare covers all.the remaining which is not allowable wiill be covered by secondary
If you have medicare as your primary insurance how do you get your Medicaid to be the secondary?
Medicaid is always the payor of last resort. Before a Medicaid agency pays a bill for a Medicare beneficiary, they require documentation that Medicare has "adjudicated" the bill (i.e., decided whether to make payment and, if so, how much).
