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Secondary payer

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-003034

An insurance plan or entity that pays for healthcare costs after the primary payer has paid its share. This coordination of benefits prevents duplicate payments for the same medical services. Medicare often acts as a secondary payer when an individual has other health coverage, such as employer-sponsored group health plans.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-003034
FieldInsurance and risk management
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-INS-003034",
  "term": "Secondary payer",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "An insurance plan or entity that pays for healthcare costs after the primary payer has paid its share. This coordination of benefits prevents duplicate payments for the same medical services. Medicare often acts as a secondary payer when an individual has other health coverage, such as employer-sponsored group health plans.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/secondary-payer/"
}

Record 3,058 of 3,682 in Insurance and risk management terminology (MLC-0106). Request the full dataset.