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General Category => General Questions => : lizhorizon November 14, 2012, 05:36:04 PM

: Secondary billing basics
: lizhorizon November 14, 2012, 05:36:04 PM
I just started doing my own (DME) electronic billing instead of using a clearinghouse and I have a lot to learn.  How do I do a secondary billing?  Do I include primary payment information?
: Re: Secondary billing basics
: rdmoore2003 November 14, 2012, 06:06:25 PM
when you are submitting a claim to a secondary insurance, you must also send copy of the primary's eob.
: Re: Secondary billing basics
: Michele November 19, 2012, 12:52:49 PM
Or if your clearinghouse allows secondary billing you need to check with them to see how to record the primary info.
: Re: Secondary billing basics
: davidharvey December 17, 2012, 09:22:22 AM
Recived eob from primary and they made payment and applied a portion to co-ins, deductible or non covered.
Bal billed secondary who we are contracted with, they paid nothing and reduced amount owed by patient to just the co-insurance and deductible.
: Re: Secondary billing basics
: PMRNC December 18, 2012, 02:00:40 PM
Sounds like a carve out plan, to which case you can only collect what's in the patient responsibility fields of the EOB.