Medicare Reminder:
Medicare and Worker’s Comp

 

If you have Medicare and you file for workers’ compensation, workers’ compensation pays primary (first) for all medical and prescription drug bills (claims) that are determined to be related to your injury.

If workers’ compensation doesn’t make a decision about paying your health care bills within 120 days, Medicare may make conditional payments for your bills. A conditional payment is when Medicare pays in place of workers’ compensation. Once the workers’ compensation claim is settled or a final decision or award is reached, Medicare must be paid back.

If workers’ compensation denies a claim for a Medicare-covered service, Medicare should pay for the health care claim.

Learn more about Medicare and workers’ compensation at www.medicareinteractive.org.

- From “ Testifying on Medicare”, Medicare Watch, Medicare Rights Center, June 23, 2011.

 

 

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