MEDICARE SECONDARY: How To Cope With The Secondary Claims Transition
Carriers may grant extension, vendors may be able to help.If you haven't already received a shocking letter from your Medicare carrier about Medicare secondary claims, you may receive one soon.Many carriers, including Noridian and Trailblazer, have been telling providers that they have to start billing Medicare secondary claims electronically. Often, these letters give a very short timeline to make the changeover. Chances are you're like many other providers who bill electronically except when it comes to Medicare secondary claims. The problem: Some billing software isn't set up to handle Medicare secondary claims, say providers. Either you can't...
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