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Primary payer

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-002661

The insurance plan or entity that has the first responsibility to pay for healthcare services when an individual has multiple insurance coverages. Rules for determining the primary payer are established by state and federal laws, such as the Medicare Secondary Payer rules. The primary payer processes the claim first, and any remaining balance may then be submitted to a secondary payer.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-002661
FieldInsurance and risk management
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-INS-002661",
  "term": "Primary payer",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "The insurance plan or entity that has the first responsibility to pay for healthcare services when an individual has multiple insurance coverages. Rules for determining the primary payer are established by state and federal laws, such as the Medicare Secondary Payer rules. The primary payer processes the claim first, and any remaining balance may then be submitted to a secondary payer.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/primary-payer/"
}

Record 2,658 of 3,682 in Insurance and risk management terminology (MLC-0106). Request the full dataset.