COB Playbook

 Playbook User Key  Important Information about Playbook  Three Themes  All About Insurance /Intro to COB Refreshers  Defining Common Terminologies  Three Ways to Become Entitled to Medicare  Waiting Period for ESRD Entitlement  Determining Three Month Waiting Period  Determining the Initial Medicare Entitlement Reason  Helpful Hints Before Digging Deeper into COB  Incarceration

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 COB Four-Step Process  Applying COB Formulas  Determining Date of Retirement  COB Rules for Multiple Commercial Carriers  Special Circumstances that Affect COB  COB Reference Chart  Words of Wisdom  Helpful Links