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Is it required to make a primary dental insurance adjustment if the dentist is a preferred provider before submitting a claim to secondary insurance?
You wait until both claims are received then write off the lesser of the two amounts
Your secondary is HMO which gives you no deductible to meet why do you have to use your primary where you have a 500 deductible?
When you have both primary and secondary insurance, the primary plan typically pays first, regardless of the deductible. This means that any covered medical expenses will first be billed to the primary insurance, which may require you to meet a deductible before it pays. Once the primary insurance has processed the claim, the secondary HMO can then cover additional costs, often without a deductible. This coordination ensures that the primary plan pays for its share before the secondary kicks in.
Which insurance policy is considered primary if I have two policies?
If you have two insurance policies, the policy that is considered primary is typically the one that pays benefits first before the secondary policy.
What is the definition of primary coverage in regard to medical insurance?
Often, a person will have "primary" insurance and "secondary" insurance. For example, if you have insurance through your job, and your husband has insurance through his job, then your primary insurance will be the one through your job, and your secondary insurance will be the one through your husband's job. Also, your husband's insurance through his job will be his primary, and yours through your job will be his secondary. There can be some exceptions to this though. For example, if you were married, had a child, then divorced and remarried (retaining custody of the child), and both your ex and current husbands have insurance through work, then the one who's birthday is first is considered the "primary" insurance, and the other is the "secondary" insurance. But there will still be a deductible with each one that has to be met before either one will pay.
If you have a copay with your primary insurance but also have secondary insurance do you have to pay the copay before treatment?
Depends on the doctors office billing procedures. For more details visit www.SteveShorr.com yes, your secondary insurance should cover this amount if you have reached your deductible with them. Normally, if the primary insurance applies a deductible or co-insurance/co-pay and you have not met your deductible on your secondary policy, depending on your policy they may apply the remaining balance to your deductible. Normally after the deductible is met on the secondary ins. they pay 100% of your remaining balance.
Does a secondary beneficiary only receive funds from a life insurance policy if the primary beneficiary has already passed?
Yes. A secondary beneficiary only becomes beneficiary if the primary beneficiary dies before the insured. Say the insured and primary beneficiary are involved in a fatal auto accident but the insured dies an hour before the primary beneficiary. The insurance proceeds would not go to the secondary beneficiary but to the estate of the primary beneficiary. If the primary beneficiary dies an hour before the insured then the secondary beneficiary receives the proceeds. If an insured wants both to receive monies they can name more than one person as primary beneficiary and in what percentage for each person. They could also leave it to their estate and handle distribution by a will.
Can your doctor bill you before submitting a claim to your secondary insurance?
Yes. Your doctor is not required to file to your secondary insurance.
What is meant by secondary computer memory?
Usually the hard drives are considered secondary. The RAM (Random Access Memory) is the primary memory.
If you have the same insurance for your primary and secondary can you still end up with a balance you owe?
Having the same insurance company twice, as a primary and secondary, means you are paying twice for the same insurance policy. They probably will not cover the same thing twice, or they may treat it as two different policies and may treat it that way. If they were two different policies, The primary would deal with any deductible and copay before fulfilling its contractual obligation and so would the secondary policy depending on the wording of the contract. Unless there is no deductible and copay, or if one policy covers the deductible/copy of the other, there will still be a balance you owe. There is also the situation where your medical provider will not accept or fully participate in your insurance policy, in which case you may owe the difference between the doctors bling amount and what was paid by the insurance(s).
When people have more then one insurance which one is considered the primary ins?
If medicare is one of the insurances then medicare is primary and the commercial insurance is secondary. If you have two commercial insurances then that would depend. It would be a good idea to contact both and get that straight before you incur a lot of bills.
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).
In an auto accident in California do you bill your auto insurance as the primary insurance or your health insurance?
If you have both medical insurance and auto insurance, the primary company billed will depend on the situation. If your injuries and medical costs were caused by an auto accident and you carry Medical Payments coverage, you will bill your auto insurance provider. If you do not carry Med Pay insurance coverage, as it is optional in the state of California, the circumstances will depend on who is deemed at fault for the accident. If the other party is at fault, you will bill their insurance company and will advise your claims adjuster as well. If you are deemed at fault and do not carry Med Pay, the only insurance you can bill is your medical insurance provider. Be sure your medical insurance provider does not exclude injuries caused in an automobile accident before approving chiropractic care.
