I had a tubal ligation with Medicare as primary and Blue Cross Blue Shield secondary in 2008 thru Allina clinic in MN. I am very mad that it ended up costing me $1500 out of my pocket which to me makes no sense! Medicare paid $3000 and Blue Cross paid less than $100.
In Astrology primary directions and secondary directions are used for progressions. Primary directions are a degree for a year and secondary directions are a day for a year.
Omnivores are both primary and secondary consumers.
primary consumers are herbivores and secondary consumers are carnivores so secondary consumers eat primary consumers
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We have Medicare and added on Anthem. Does that mean Medicare is primary (Paying 80 percent) , and Anthem is secondary?
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.
Medicare is primary if your group is under 20 lives. 20 lives or more and medicare is secondary to your employer paid group plan.
No. There is a federal law that requires Medicare is a secondary payer. You can find more information on the CMS website under "Medicare Secondary Payer and You."
WHEN MEDICARE IS PRIMARY, THE PATIENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SECONDARY COPAY.
Medicare is always the primary insurance unless someone is still working
Once Medicare has "adjudicated" the bill, MediCal's payment will be based on their policy and the patient's eligibility on the date of service.
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.
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 employmentsee this linkhttp://questions.cms.hhs.gov/cgi-bin/cmshhs.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=871
You will bill medicare as primary and the supplement secondary. Usually if filing a HCFA 1500 electronically if the supplemental policy is on the beneficiaries Common Working File with Medicare it will automatically crossover to the supplemental policy. Hope this helps....
Question isn't clear, but ordinarily Medicare is the primary payor and your retiree coverage is secondary.
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