Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Medicare Benefits Coordination & Recovery Center (BCRC)
7500 Security Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21244
Eligibility
Application process
Call (855) 798-2627 for assistance between 8:00am - 8:00pm, Monday - Friday (Eastern Time).
Fees
There is no fee for this service.
Service area
Dodge County, MN
Goodhue County, MN
Houston County, MN
Kanabec County, MN
Koochiching County, MN
Lincoln County, MN
Nicollet County, MN
Olmsted County, MN
Otter Tail County, MN
St. Louis County, MN
Aitkin County, MN
Cass County, MN
Jackson County, MN
Le Sueur County, MN
Morrison County, MN
Nobles County, MN
Norman County, MN
Polk County, MN
Scott County, MN
Traverse County, MN
Watonwan County, MN
Big Stone County, MN
Carver County, MN
Chippewa County, MN
Cook County, MN
Crow Wing County, MN
Mille Lacs County, MN
Pope County, MN
Renville County, MN
Rock County, MN
Roseau County, MN
Stearns County, MN
Anoka County, MN
Chisago County, MN
Clay County, MN
Grant County, MN
Kandiyohi County, MN
Marshall County, MN
Pine County, MN
Pipestone County, MN
Redwood County, MN
Steele County, MN
Wright County, MN
Becker County, MN
Fillmore County, MN
Mahnomen County, MN
Mower County, MN
Pennington County, MN
Rice County, MN
Todd County, MN
Wabasha County, MN
Washington County, MN
Wilkin County, MN
Winona County, MN
Brown County, MN
Clearwater County, MN
Dakota County, MN
Faribault County, MN
Freeborn County, MN
Isanti County, MN
Itasca County, MN
Kittson County, MN
Lake of the Woods County, MN
Martin County, MN
Yellow Medicine County, MN
Beltrami County, MN
Blue Earth County, MN
Carlton County, MN
Cottonwood County, MN
Lac Qui Parle County, MN
McLeod County, MN
Ramsey County, MN
Sherburne County, MN
Stevens County, MN
Swift County, MN
Wadena County, MN
Benton County, MN
Douglas County, MN
Hennepin County, MN
Hubbard County, MN
Lake County, MN
Lyon County, MN
Meeker County, MN
Murray County, MN
Red Lake County, MN
Sibley County, MN
Waseca County, MN
Other Information
Specialization
Description
Ensures Medicare pays only for services where it is the primary payer and that no other insurance or reimbursement payment options exist. Their work includes: * Ensuring that Medicare gets repaid by the beneficiary for any conditional payments it makes related to a liability, no-fault, or workers' compensation case for parts A and B claims * Identifying situations in which Medicare beneficiaries have other insurance that is primary to Medicare * Collecting, managing, and reporting of other insurance coverage for beneficiaries * Determining which insurance plan has the primary payment responsibility and the extent to which the other plans will contribute when an individual is covered by more than one plan * Researching if Medicare or another plan or policy should pay first * Recovering payments from beneficiaries made for them by mistake * Updating databases about employer, no-fault and workers' compensation plans * Creating Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) records to keep Medicare from paying when it shouldn't * Sharing data to the Medicare Beneficiary Database (MBD) for prescription drug benefit coordination
Last Update
03/17/2026
Providing organization
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services