WI · guidance
Wis. ForwardHealth Online Handbook, Hospice, Topic #388
Medicaid as Payer of Last Resort
Wisconsin Medicaid is the payer of last resort for most covered services, even when a member is enrolled in a BadgerCare
Plus/Medicaid SSI HMO or Children's Specialty Managed Care PIHP (Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan). Before submitting claims
to HMOs/PIHPs, providers are required to submit claims to other health insurance sources. Providers should contact the
enrollee's HMO/PIHP for more information about billing other health insurance sources.
Provenance
- Source
- www.forwardhealth.wi.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-02
- Edition
- forwardhealth-hospice-2026-10-01
- Content hash
27f37f09724599c3af77f1faa2cdd4e9fc648dd96d056f6596e5075764f11e80
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