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Overcome Primary vs. Secondary Payer Woes with Answers to Your FAQs: Part 2

Published on Thu Aug 16, 2012

Tackle payment errors like a pro with this advice. Collecting payment for patients who are covered by two insurance companies can be a complicated and confusing process. When you also think about differing payer claims processes and the fact that patients might not give you all the information you need, your head can start to spin. You can maximize your practice's reimbursement and reduce the costs of administering claims for patients covered by more than one payer if you understand coordination of benefits (COB) and how both insurers are supposed to pay. In the first article of this two-part series, "Overcome Primary vs. Secondary Payer Woes with Answers to Your FAQs" in the Volume 4, Number 6 issue of Podiatry Coding and Billing Alert, you got answers to the first three frequently asked questions about primary and secondary payers. You learned what coordination of benefits (COB) means, how state law [...]
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