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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Medicare Benefits Coordination & Recovery Center (BCRC)

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - National Office

7500 Security Blvd, Baltimore, MD, 21244

(855) 798-2627

Website

https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coordination-benefits-recovery/overview/coordination-benefits

Service Details

Description

Ensures Medicare pays only for services where it is the primary payer and that no other insurance or reimbursement payment options exist.


Their work includes:
* Ensuring that Medicare gets repaid by the beneficiary for any conditional payments it makes related to a liability, no-fault, or workers' compensation case for parts A and B claims
* Identifying situations in which Medicare beneficiaries have other insurance that is primary to Medicare
* Collecting, managing, and reporting of other insurance coverage for beneficiaries
* Determining which insurance plan has the primary payment responsibility and the extent to which the other plans will contribute when an individual is covered by more than one plan
* Researching if Medicare or another plan or policy should pay first
* Recovering payments from beneficiaries made for them by mistake
* Updating databases about employer, no-fault and workers' compensation plans
* Creating Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) records to keep Medicare from paying when it shouldn't
* Sharing data to the Medicare Beneficiary Database (MBD) for prescription drug benefit coordination


Features

  • Area Served by County
    • Aitkin County 
    • Anoka County 
    • Becker County 
    • Beltrami County 
    • Benton County 
    • Big Stone County 
    • Blue Earth County 
    • Brown County 
    • Carlton County 
    • Carver County 
    • Cass County 
    • Chippewa County 
    • Chisago County 
    • Clay County 
    • Clearwater County 
    • Cook County 
    • Cottonwood County 
    • Crow Wing County 
    • Dakota County 
    • Dodge County 
    • Douglas County 
    • Faribault County 
    • Fillmore County 
    • Freeborn County 
    • Goodhue County 
    • Grant County 
    • Hennepin County 
    • Houston County 
    • Hubbard County 
    • Isanti County 
    • Itasca County 
    • Jackson County 
    • Kanabec County 
    • Kandiyohi County 
    • Kittson County 
    • Koochiching County 
    • Lac qui Parle County 
    • Lake County 
    • Lake of the Woods County 
    • Le Sueur County 
    • Lincoln County 
    • Lyon County 
    • Mahnomen County 
    • Marshall County 
    • Martin County 
    • McLeod County 
    • Meeker County 
    • Mille Lacs County 
    • Morrison County 
    • Mower County 
    • Murray County 
    • Nicollet County 
    • Nobles County 
    • Norman County 
    • Olmsted County 
    • Otter Tail County 
    • Pennington County 
    • Pine County 
    • Pipestone County 
    • Polk County 
    • Pope County 
    • Ramsey County 
    • Red Lake County 
    • Redwood County 
    • Renville County 
    • Rice County 
    • Rock County 
    • Roseau County 
    • Scott County 
    • Sherburne County 
    • Sibley County 
    • St. Louis County 
    • Statewide 
    • Stearns County 
    • Steele County 
    • Stevens County 
    • Swift County 
    • Todd County 
    • Traverse County 
    • Wabasha County 
    • Wadena County 
    • Waseca County 
    • Washington County 
    • Watonwan County 
    • Wilkin County 
    • Winona County 
    • Wright County 
    • Yellow Medicine County 
  • Specialization
    • Disabilities 
    • Older adults 

Eligibility

When to contact the Center:
* To report employment changes or any other insurance coverage information
* To report a liability, auto/no-fault, or workers' compensation case
* To ask a question about general Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) issues
* To respond to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) questionnaires submitted to beneficiaries


Application Instructions

Call for assistance between 8:00am - 8:00pm, Monday - Friday (Eastern Time)


Fees

There is no fee for this service.


Area Served

Nationwide


Websites

https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coordination-benefits-recovery/overview/coordination-benefits

https://www.cms.gov

Phone Numbers

Type Number Hours
Main (877) 267-2323
Main - Medicare (800) 633-4227
TTY - CMS Administration (866) 226-1819
TTY - Medicare Help (877) 486-2048

Last Update

10/10/2024

Other Locations

This provider does not offer this service at other locations.

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