Employers offer health insurance for employees for so many reasons. It gives employees peace of mind for themselves and their families in case they have expensive medical bills. However, the plan couldn’t possibly cover every single type of high-tech MRI scan, prescription medication, or medical procedure. Then secondary coverage comes into play. ClaimLinx explains precisely what secondary coverage is, and how it can save your employees money on their healthcare costs.
What Exactly Is Secondary Coverage?
Simply put, secondary coverage is any health insurance plan that supplements your main plan. Your primary plan usually comes from your employer. ClaimLinx uses secondary coverage as a way to restore good benefits to employees. One of the first steps in using the ClaimLinx Solution is to raise the deductible on the primary plan in order to lower premium costs. But that means employees would have to shoulder most of the costs for office visits, prescriptions, testing, etc. A secondary plan can pay for the medical expenses not covered by your primary plan. This is why secondary health insurance represents a vital tool for helping employees pay for health care. The ClaimLinx Solution sets up a custom secondary plan for your employees, called an employer-funded medical expense reimbursement plan (MERP).
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How Does Secondary Coverage Work?
A primary plan pays money directly to healthcare providers while you pay the balance. Secondary coverage pays you directly to reimburse you for expenses not covered by the primary plan. Or secondary coverage can also pay medical providers directly so employees don’t have to. For example, your primary plan covers 60 percent of the costs of an MRI, and you receive a bill for $1,000 for the scan. You must pay the $400 not covered by the primary plan. Your secondary coverage would pay part or all of that $400. The added benefit with ClaimLinx is that employees experience seamless administration. They don’t have to worry about paying that $400 up front. They arrive at the provider’s office with a custom ID card with benefits listed. ClaimLinx then takes care of the rest.
What Does Secondary Coverage Pay?
Secondary coverage might pay for medical care not covered by your primary plan, including eyeglasses or visits to the dentist’s office. A secondary plan may cover copays and coinsurance to help alleviate the costs associated with the primary plan. Some secondary coverage specializes in paying for expenses related to accidents, critical illnesses, cancer, long-term care, and disabilities. ClaimLinx’s Solution aims for employees to receive the same benefits as an expensive plan from a major carrier. Secondary coverage can pay for that, but at a much lower cost.
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Why Have Secondary Coverage?
The average person in the United States spends $10,739 per year on healthcare. Secondary coverage can help you spend less money on healthcare, which may insulate your finances from high medical bills. Consider a secondary plan if you know you’ll have high medical expenses in a given year. The ClaimLinx Solution finds the best way for employers to save money while giving workers a great employer-paid benefit.
ClaimLinx and Secondary Coverage
ClaimLinx can save companies as much as 40 percent on health insurance costs. Contact ClaimLinx or call toll-free 1-800-858-1772 to find out what we can do for you.