A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the minimum medicare deadlines for filing claims to take into account delay in processing adjustment from secondary payor status to primary payor status.
Summary
This bill aims to give healthcare providers and Medicare beneficiaries more time to file claims when there is a delay in determining who is responsible for payment. Specifically, it addresses situations where Medicare is initially considered a "secondary payer" (meaning another insurance company should pay first) but is later reclassified as the "primary payer." By extending the filing deadlines in these cases, the bill ensures that patients and doctors are not unfairly denied Medicare coverage simply because the administrative process of switching payer status took longer than the standard filing window allows.
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