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Old 11-11-2014, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Sable99 View Post
That is not what the doctor and the hospital told me in August. They told me ithey are finding that if Medicare denies a claim that the secondary insurances are now automatically denying the claim. Both offices told me they started seeing this in July 2014. In October, I went to a Department on Aging Medicare briefing and she said the same thing.

I, too, am confused.

assuming Medicare approves a claim, dont they pay 80 percent? Your BCBS would then pick up the remaining 20 percent. Without the Bcbs or some other supplement), you would pay the 20 percent (and all copays, deductibles, etc) out of pocket. Please, someone, correct me if I'm wrong.