Paying Medicare Deductible 1st for Immunos?

[Guest guest]

Just off the phone with CVS and then with

Medicare re payment of immunos for a patient with Medicare A & B secondary to

a commercial insurance – Medicare is saying the patient has to meet the

2008 $135 Medicare B copay (for any Medicare B services) before Medicare will

fully cover the copays for the immunos.

Just wonder about other people’s

experiences with such a scenario?

Daryl Battin, LICSW

Financial

Coordinator/Social Worker

Lahey Clinic

Kidney/PancreasTransplant Program

41 Mall Road

Burlington, MA 01805

Phone: 781 744-7166/781

744-8974

FAX: 781 744-5009

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true. We often don't bump into this scenario b/c some other provider's Part B claim(s) were processed before the pharmacy's, so the deductible was already met

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-----Original Message-----From: TxFinancialCoordinators [mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators ]On Behalf Of Battin, Daryl J.Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 11:12 AMTo: TxFinancialCoordinators Subject: Paying Medicare Deductible 1st for Immunos?

Just off the phone with CVS and then with Medicare re payment of immunos for a patient with Medicare A & B secondary to a commercial insurance – Medicare is saying the patient has to meet the 2008 $135 Medicare B copay (for any Medicare B services) before Medicare will fully cover the copays for the immunos.

Just wonder about other people’s experiences with such a scenario?

Daryl Battin, LICSW

Financial Coordinator/Social Worker

Lahey Clinic Kidney/PancreasTransplant Program

41 Mall Road

Burlington, MA 01805

Phone: 781 744-7166/781 744-8974

FAX: 781 744-5009

See our web page at http://www.lahey.org for a full directory of Lahey sites, staff, services and career opportunities.

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