Select Medicare as secondary payer for PPS patients
Path: Patient > General > Payers
- Go to Patient > General > Payers.
- In the Pay Source section, add Medicare and the associated MSP company to the payers list in the Code and Co. columns.
- In the Pay Control section, enter the primary pay source pointer for the primary payer to the Pri field of the Payers tab.
- Enter Medicare pay source pointer in the CSP field of the Payers tab.
To assist with reporting and tracking, Netsmart recommends defining a company called "MSP - Medicare Secondary Payer" to associate with Medicare when an MSP exists.
Associated pages
- About Payers window
- Pay Source – General tab
- Pay Source – HIPAA tab
- Pay Control – Payers tab
- Pay Control – Liability tab
- Pay Control – Eligibility tab
- Eligibility History window
- Define patient payers
- Add duplicate pay source for multiple authorizations or multiple claims
- View verification data for patients
