Why doesn the Boulder Medical Center file claims with my secondary insurance?
As non-par providers who do not contract directly with Medicare, our physicians do not receive payments or explanations of benefit information from Medicare. Instead, Medicare sends the payment and the explanations directly to you. Medicare will not furnish the non-par physicians with explanation of benefit information. Therefore, you are responsible for filing with any secondary insurance carrier in what is the most timely and effective manner. NOTE: Per Medicare, automatic crossover of claims to your secondary carrier is determined on an individual basis. To pursue this, you should contact your secondary/supplemental carrier to see if this option is available. If your supplemental carrier has the computer capability, a crossover will be initiated. Many of the BCBS and AARP plans will automatically crossover, but you should still contact Medicare to make sure they are set up.
