Medicare Secondary Payer Demands

[Guest allen293]

Hi all,

I'm trying to get an idea how other health plans handle Medicare Secondary Payer reimbursement demands. Do you / your clients generally pay all the demands upfront and then attempt to obtain a refund from CMS after actual coverage is determined? Or do you dispute the claims without paying anything (and thus accrue interest on any claims that are ultimately owed)?

Also, anyone else find themselves expending an enormously disproportionate amount of resources to responding to these MSP claims?

Thanks for your feedback.