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CPB · Question #231
A patient has Medicare as primary and a commercial plan as secondary. Which insurance should be billed first?
The correct answer is C. Medicare. Medicare is billed first when it is the primary payer under coordination of benefits rules.
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Question
A patient has Medicare as primary and a commercial plan as secondary. Which insurance should be billed first?
Options
- ACommercial insurance
- BSecondary insurance
- CMedicare
- DMedicaid
How the community answered
(25 responses)- A4% (1)
- B4% (1)
- C76% (19)
- D16% (4)
Explanation
Medicare is billed first when it is the primary payer under coordination of benefits rules.
Topics
#primary payer#Medicare#coordination of benefits#billing order
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