Medicare Revs Up Secondary Payer Enforcement

 

 “Medicare Secondary Payer” is the term used when the Medicare program does not have primary payment responsibility for medical claims (that is, another entity has the responsibility for paying a medical claim before Medicare). Current law makes Medicare the secondary payer to group health plan coverage in certain situations, and the secondary payer to all forms of liability insurance (including self-insurance), no-fault insurance, and workers’ compensation.