US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-16, ch. mc86c17f, § 70.1
The Basic Rule
(Rev. 77, Issued: 10-28-05, Effective Date: 10-28-05)
The rules for Medicare Secondary payer are covered with computational detail in
Chapter 17B of the Medicare Managed Care Manual. The following also apply to
Medicare cost plans:
History
(Rev. 77, Issued: 10-28-05, Effective Date: 10-28-05)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
810129b5d96b5995d764e86a00fb5ef035a25481523beedad01006f8fdba4c31
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