When can I drop my spouse from health insurance?

When can I drop my spouse from health insurance?

Unless you have a qualifying event, you’re stuck on your husband’s workplace group health insurance plan until the next open enrollment period at his workplace. At that time, he can drop you from the next plan year.

How do copays work with two insurances?

Normally patients that come in with 2 insurances should not be charged a copay. In most cases their secondary policy will pick up the copay left from the primary insurance. We recommend you bill those particular patients after both insurances process the claim for any remaining copay.

Does Medicaid coordinate benefits with other insurance?

Medicaid coordinates benefits with other insurers as a secondary payer to all other payers. This means that if an insurer and Medicaid both provide coverage of a given benefit, the other payer is first responsible for making payment and Medicaid is responsible only for any balance covered under Medicaid payment rules.

How does coordination of benefits work with Medicaid?

Coordination of Benefits (COB) refers to the activities involved in determining Medicaid benefits when an enrollee has coverage through an individual, entity, insurance, or program that is liable to pay for health care services.

Is Aetna primary or secondary insurance?

Commercial insurance claims where another payer is primary and Aetna is secondary. Medicare primary claims when Medicare* hasn’t already forwarded us their claim and payment information.

How do you explain coordination of benefits?

Coordination of benefits (COB) allows plans that provide health and/or prescription coverage for a person with Medicare to determine their respective payment responsibilities (i.e., determine which insurance plan has the primary payment responsibility and the extent to which the other plans will contribute when an …

What is the birthday rule for coordination of insurance benefits?

Birthday Rule: This is a method used to determine when a plan is primary or secondary for a dependent child when covered by both parents’ benefit plan. The parent whose birthday (month and day only) falls first in a calendar year is the parent with the primary coverage for the dependent.