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Wis. ForwardHealth Online Handbook, Hospice, Topic #255
Primary and Secondary Payers
The terms primary payer and secondary payer indicate the relative order in which insurance sources are responsible for paying
claims.
In general, commercial health insurance is primary to Medicare, and Medicare is primary to Wisconsin Medicaid and BadgerCare
Plus. Therefore, Wisconsin Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus are secondary to Medicare, and Medicare is secondary to
commercial health insurance.
Provenance
- Source
- www.forwardhealth.wi.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-02
- Edition
- forwardhealth-hospice-2026-10-01
- Content hash
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