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Do funeral homes have to write off charges if a Medicaid patient does not have burial insurance?
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∙ 14y ago
The funeral home should file a claim with the Medicaid agency.
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How does Medicaid pay when there is other Insurance involved?
The provider must give Medicaid proof that the other insurance carrier (including Medicaid) has "adjudicated" the bill. Medicaid will then pay any remaining eligible charges, to the extent that it would have paid had the patient not had any other insurance.
If a patient has medicare primary and medicaid secondary what payment is the patient responsible for?
WHEN MEDICARE IS PRIMARY, THE PATIENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SECONDARY COPAY.
If a patient has Medicaid coverage benefits and other health insurance coverage Medicaid would be primary or secondary?
Secondary.
Do you have to pay Medicaid when you receive your insurance check?
Probably not. Usually, any deductions for Medicaid will have been taken prior to any payment to the patient.
If you have medicaid or other health insurance can a medical provider file a lien against the bill instead of billing Medicaid or the health carrier?
A provider is not required to accept Medicaid or private insurance. However, if the provider indicated to you that s/he was doing so in your case, there's at least an ethical problem. In Illinois, a provider who accepts a patient as Medicaid cannot bill the patient if Medicaid fails to pay due to the provider's negligence in billing.
If you have medicaid and get other insurance will medicaid drop you?
no not always, They will become your secondary ins.. Meaning your primary ins will pay and whatever patient resp is left or whatever they don't cover. medicaid takes care of that
What states can you bill a Medicaid patient if the service is noncovered and you don't bill Medicaid?
In some states, you cannot bill the patient if you accepted her/him as a Medicaid patient.
If a patient does not inform us he has medicaid is he responsible for the bill?
In Illinois, if the provider did not accept the patient as a Medicaid patient, the provider may bill the patient.
In which countries does Dual Insurance operate?
The Uninted States currently allows the use of two or more insurance coverage for a single patient. For example, in some situations a patient may submit a medical claim to a state or nationwide insurance (such as Medicaid) as well as a private insurance company to cover the difference.
Can you charge a Medicaid patient if Medicaid does not cover procedure code?
No providing you are a credentialed provider with Medicaid
If the primary insurance allows more than the secondary insurance what would the secondary insurance pay?
Secondary insurance will not pay the claim but the remaining charges should not be billed to the member/patient. Provider of service should write off the patient responsibility that primary insurance applied.
Does Medicaid pay Medicare Hospital Deductible?
In Illinois, a provider who accepts a patient as Medicaid cannot bill that patient for anything for which Medicaid would have paid had the provider timely and properly billed Medicaid.
