Medicare Facts
A person must be a minimum of ____ years old in order to qualify for Medicare based on their age.
What is 65?
The MSPQ must be completed by Medicare patients every _____ _____.
What is 30 days?
If a patient has a group health plan (GHP) based on theirs or their spouse’s current employment, Medicare is almost always the _________ payer.
What is secondary?
Since Medicare Part B is not mandatory, some patients could only have ______ _______ benefits.
What is Part A?
This term is used when Medicare does not have primary payment responsibility.
What is Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP)?
The ______ _______ Benefits Act provides medical coverage for treatment of lung diseases related to pneumoconiosis arising out of coal mine employment.
What is Black Lung?
If you have received Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) for 24 months, you would qualify for Medicare based on this:
What is disability?
Gathering MSP data helps us determine if Medicare should be the ________ or secondary payer.
What is primary?
A government research program is not the same as research protocols offered by MD Anderson because they are funded by the ____________ ____________.
What is the federal government?
This disease, which is the result of permanent kidney failure, also qualifies a person for Medicare.
What is End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)?
Completing the MSPQ completely and accurately helps prevent claim _______.
What are denials?
The MSPQ must be completed entirely and _________.
What is accurately?
Medicare is a _______ _______ insurance program.
What is federal health?
Medicare claim adjustments leave MD Anderson vulnerable to unexpected financial ______.
What are audits?
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) benefits for care at MD Anderson, a patient must get ________________ from the VA before treatment
What are authorize?