Medicare Secondary Payer Manual Chapter 1 - Background and Overview
Guidance for this chapters provides information regarding Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) provisions. This chapter outlines when Medicare is determined to be a secondary payer, the responsibilities of contractors to bill primary payers and conditions where Medicare may be deemed as the primary payer.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: March 22, 2019
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