title: A perspective: the Medicare secondary payer program.
abstract: Providers have become accustomed to billing Medicare beneficiaries. But because of a series of changes in the laws, there are some circumstances where Medicare becomes the secondary payer of claims. Terefore, HCFA has begun a concerted effort to manage claims processing, trying to identify secondary payer situations.
mesh_terms: D003669:Deductibles and Coinsurance; D005376:Financial Management; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting / Q000379:methods; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States