Patient with multiple primary insurance carriers

rkahn wrote on Wednesday, April 30, 2014:

What is the best way to setup a patient with multiple primary insurance carriers, for example a patient that is covered by a private insurance policy but then has an accident that is covered by Workman’s Comp and subsequently need to have claims billed either to Workman’s Comp if applicable (accident related) or to the private insurance carrier if applicable.

fsgl wrote on Wednesday, April 30, 2014:

There is no such animal as multiple primary insurers. Coordination of benefits will always ask “Who is on first?”.

In general, if it’s Worker’s Comp or No-Fault, they are on first. If staff erroneously bill another insurer, say Medicare; if Medicare gets wind of the error, they will demand the money back for incorrect billing.