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Does a medical provider have to take a secondary insurances' write off?
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∙ 12y ago
It depends. The first question to be answered is whether the medical provider has negotiated a contract with that insurance company. If not, then the secondary is responsible for 100% of the balance left by the primary--no adjustments allowed. The entire balance must be paid by either the insurance company, the patient, or any combination of the two. It's different if there is a contract in effect with the carrier. Nowadays, many insurance companies process those claims in any one of several ways. They can compute how much they would have allowed (the total of ins resp + pt resp) had they been primary. Having done that, they'll subtract the amount pd by the primary and pay the balance--if there is one. If the primary had paid more than the secondary would have allowed had they been primary, the secondary may not pay anything and the balance left would have to be adjusted off. Sometimes the secondary doesn't consider what the primary paid at all, and both companies will pay as primary..it can make a difference whether the other insurance that is listed as primary is an individual or a group policy; and the same for the secondary. Group plans trump individual plans. When they both pay as primary, and neither insurance has processed the claim incorrectly and the provider has now ended up with a legitimate credit balance on the claim, the provider has 3 choices at that time. They can refund the balance to the insurance plan that created the credit balance; they can send the overpayment amount to the patient; or they can keep the money and deposit into their account.
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