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Medicare Secondary Payer Manual Chapter 3 - MSP Provider, Physician, and Other Supplier Billing Requirements

Guidance for contractors, providers, physicians, other suppliers, and beneficiaries. This chapter list requirements of contractors to alert providers, physicians, other suppliers, and beneficiaries about the MSP provisions and that claims for services to beneficiaries for which Medicare is the secondary payer must be directed first to the primary plan where there is primary coverage for the services involved.

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Final

Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: March 22, 2019

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