Are you sending hardcopy mail to submit your requests to First Coast? Did you know there are faster and easier ways to send your requests to us? Avoid the wait. Learn about the electronic options available for you to submit Part A appeals and claim corrections.
Are you sending hardcopy mail to submit your requests to First Coast? Did you know there are faster and easier ways to send your requests to us? Avoid the wait. Learn about the electronic options available for you to submit Part B appeals and claim corrections.
Are you sending hardcopy mail to submit your requests to First Coast? Did you know there are faster and easier ways to send your requests to us? Avoid the wait. Learn about the electronic options available for you to submit Part A financial documentation requests.
Are you sending hardcopy mail to submit your requests to First Coast? Did you know there are faster and easier ways to send your requests to us? Avoid the wait. Learn about the electronic options available for you to submit Part B financial documentation requests.
First Coast wants you to prevent claim denials or unfavorable redetermination appeal decisions for drug wastage not reported. Read to learn more about Medicare coverage guidance so you can document and submit claims for drugs and reporting wastage correctly.
First Coast wants you to prevent claim denials or unfavorable redetermination appeal decisions for hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) services. Read to learn more about Medicare coverage guidance so you can document and submit HBO services correctly.
Using First Coast web tools to manage the claim appeal process will save you time and money. Now that you reviewed those steps and concluded that your claims are eligible for redetermination, how do you proceed? First Coast offers the following tips for managing the appeal process.
These are questions the contact center regularly receives regarding general information about appeals, overpayment appeals, reopenings and the SPOT with their answers.
These are questions the contact center regularly receives regarding general information about appeals, overpayment appeals, reopenings and the SPOT with their answers.
The "history correction" feature is now available in the Claim Reopening Gateway, a free, web-based application that allows for automated submission of claim corrections with no enrollment process.
This fact sheet provides information about each level of appeal and describes how the Medicare appeals process applies to providers and participating physicians and suppliers. Non-participating physicians and suppliers have limited appeal rights.
The time limit for filing a request for redetermination may be extended in certain situations. Good cause may be found when the record clearly shows, or the provider, physician or other supplier alleges and the record does not negate, that the delay in filing was due to one of the covered reasons.
This article provides notification of the 2021 dollar amount in controversy required to sustain appeal rights for an administrative law judge (ALJ) hearing or federal district court review.
This article provides notification of the 2020 dollar amount in controversy required to sustain appeal rights for an administrative law judge (ALJ) hearing or Federal District Court review.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has started accepting expressions of interest for a limited settlement agreement option for appellants with fewer than 500 appeals pending at the Office of Medicare Hearing and Appeals and the Medicare Appeals Council at the Departmental Appeals Board.
Claims that are returned as unprocessable cannot be appealed. So what do you do with them? An unprocessable claim is one that is filed with incomplete and/or invalid information. This article provides resources for you to diagnose unprocessable claims and resubmit them with correct information to get them paid.
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