Question:
IF DENIED UNDER MY SECOND ATTEMPT AT PREDETERMINATION HOW CAN I GET MY SECONDARY

CARRIER TO STEP IN?    — CINDY D. (posted on October 15, 2003)

October 22, 2003
My primary insurance denied my surgery because of a contract exclusion. The secondary insurance authorized the surgery with the first denial from the primary insurance. I would be in contact with the secondary insurance and get their requirements in writing. Some carriers require that you go all the way through the appeals process with the primary insurance before the secondary insurance will consider picking up the tab. My insurance company did not require this step. Good luck.
   — carpediem