Lyndon Johnson started Medicare and Medicaid to ensure that the elderly and the poor would have medical care.
Medicare and Medicaid are the responsibility of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid, which is part of DHHS. However, Medicaid is administered by the States.
You submit an EOB from the Medicare HMO with your Medicaid claim.
Both Medicare and Medicaid are government insurance programs.
Yes, Medicare is primary. Medicaid is always the payor of last resort.
Medicaid is the payor of last resort. Therefore, bill Medicare first. Bill Medicaid for any expenses Medicare didn't cover.
Medicaid programs in the United States started in 1965. The Medicaid program was part of a plan that Lyndon Johnson started to help stop poverty among underprivileged youth in the United States.
You are not required to pay back Medicaid or Medicare.
Medicare and Medicaid coverage is virtually identical. The two principal things to remember are: Medicaid is always the payor of last resort (i.e., bill Medicare and/or private insurance first); and, Medicare does not pay for long term custodial care, such as a nursing home (Medicaid does).
I have Medicare and Medicaid can I get a tubal reversal with them.
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.
"Dual eligibility" means exactly that - eligibility for both Medicare and Medicaid.
Because if you don't you might get stuck in a situation where you you need to know medicaid/medicare