Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) primarily aims to protect which fund?

• A. Medicare Secondary Payer
• B. Medicare Starter Payment
• C. Medicare Servicing Plan
• D. Medicare Supplement Program

Answer: (A)

The key idea is payer coordination to protect Medicare funds. Medicare Secondary Payer rules make sure Medicare doesn’t pay first when another party is legally responsible for the claim. By requiring private insurance, employer plans, workers’ compensation, or other liable payers to pay before Medicare, the system avoids unnecessary or duplicate payments and preserves the Medicare trust funds for cases where no other payer is responsible. That’s why this option is the best fit: it directly aligns with safeguarding the Medicare fund itself from improper payments. The other options describe programs or concepts that don’t pertain to protecting Medicare’s funds or coordinating which payer should be primary.