medicare secondary payor

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I have a patient with BCBS primary and mcare secondary. There is a $3000 ded

and then BCBS pays 100%. She is saying medicare will not pay any of her BCBS

deductible. Shouldnt medicare be picking up a portion of the primary

insurance's deductible?

Thanks

W

Whitney Folsom, TFC

ETMC Transplant Program

1100 E Lake St ste 340

Tyler, TX 75701

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They do for us, maybe you may want to call and find out about

BCBS primary and COB with Medicare by calling them.

Dorinda S. Frye, Auth Rep

Hema/Onc, Infusion, BMT

Akron Children's Hospital

One Perkins Square

Akron, OH 44308

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Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 9:01 AM

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Subject: medicare secondary payor

I have a patient with BCBS primary and mcare

secondary. There is a $3000 ded and then BCBS pays 100%. She is saying medicare

will not pay any of her BCBS deductible. Shouldnt medicare be picking up a

portion of the primary insurance's deductible?

Thanks

W

Whitney Folsom, TFC

ETMC Transplant Program

1100 E Lake St ste 340

Tyler, TX 75701

phone

fax

wlfolsom@...

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Sometimes the pt is confused about Medicare response as a secondary.  Often they don’t pay b/c the primary has met the allowable, but they still instruct the provider to w/o the balance.  In this instance, when they see the EOB, they will treat her deductible as a period of being uninsured and step in with an actual payment, according to their own fee schedule and payment structure.  on Transplant Financial Coordinator Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital Legacy Transplant Services 1040 NW 22nd Ave Ste 480 Portland OR 97210 direct main office toll-free fax lmorriso@... ü Please consider the environment - think before you print! From: TxFinancialCoordinators [mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators ] On Behalf Of Whitney FolsomSent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 6:01 AMTo: TxFinancialCoordinators Subject: medicare secondary payor I have a patient with BCBS primary and mcare secondary. There is a $3000 ded and then BCBS pays 100%. She is saying medicare will not pay any of her BCBS deductible. Shouldnt medicare be picking up a portion of the primary insurance's deductible?ThanksWWhitney Folsom, TFCETMC Transplant Program1100 E Lake St ste 340Tyler, TX 75701 phone faxwlfolsom@...===========================================================This message is confidential, intended onlyfor the named recipient(s) and may containinformation that is privileged or exempt fromdisclosure under applicable law. If you arenot the intended recipient(s), you are notifiedthat the dissemination, distribution or copyingof this message is strictly prohibited. If youreceived this message in error, or are not thenamed recipient(s), please notify the senderand delete this e-mail from your computer.ETMC has implemented secure messaging forcertain types of messages. For more informationabout our secure messaging system, go to: http://www.etmc.org/mail/Thank you.===========================================================