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When other insurers are initially lialbe for payment on a medical service or supply provided to a patient medicare classifies them as the-------- payer?
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"liable" ... The other insurer is the primary payor.
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When other insurers are initially liable for payment on a medical service or supply provided to a patient Medicare classifies them as the payer?
Those other insurers would be the "primary" insurers.
When other insurers are initially liable for payment on a medical service or supply provided to a patient Medicare classifies them as the -----payer?
primary
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