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Is medicaid always a primary insurance or would it be a secondary insurance?
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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).
If a patient has Champva and is approved for Medicaid would Champva be primary or secondary?
ChampVA is always secondary to private health insurance, EXCEPT to Medicaid. In that case it is always primary. "Congress clearly has intended that CHAMPUS be the secondary payer to all health benefit and insurance plans... except in the case of a plan (Medicaid) administered under title 19 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396, et seq.)"
If you have medicaid and get other insurance will medicaid drop you?
no not always, They will become your secondary ins.. Meaning your primary ins will pay and whatever patient resp is left or whatever they don't cover. medicaid takes care of that
How do you make medicaid your primary insurance?
You don't. Because it is a form of public assistance, Medicaid is always the payor of last resort.
When is another insurance secondary to Medicaid?
Never. Medicaid is always the payor of last resort after any and all other coverage, including Medicare.
Does Medicare or your other insurance pay first?
Medicaid is always the payor of last resort.
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.
When you have a primary and secondary insurance will the co-pay from your primary insurance be paid by the secondary insurance?
I have insurance paid for by my employer (primary) and through my husband's employer (secondary). In my experience, I have never had to pay the copay required by my primary because it is covered by my secondary. When I first got married, 2 years ago, I still paid the copay, but the doctor's office would always send me a check for the copay a month later because the secondary paid it.
If a small group is in a PEO is medicare primary or secondary?
Medicare is always the primary insurance unless someone is still working
If you are over 65 and have Medicare and medicaid is Medicare always primary?
Yes, Medicare is primary. Medicaid is always the payor of last resort.
Can a medicare or Medicaid beneficary join a hmo?
Certainly altho I see no benefit for a Medicaid recipient. The HMO would be the primary insurer and Medicare secondary. Medicaid is always the payor of last resort. However, there shouldn't be any expenses for Medicare or Medicaid to pay.
If a pt has Medicaid and Medicare which is primary?
Medicaid is always the payor of last resort.
