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Appeal status requests must be obtained through SPOT

December 23, 2025
To enhance efficiency and ensure the secure handling of appeal information, all providers will be required to use SPOT to check appeal status and access duplicate appeal decision letters, effective December 1.

New provider roadmap

December 23, 2025
View this new provider roadmap for guidance through the Medicare process.

Update of the 2025 dollar amount in controversy required to sustain appeal rights for an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Hearing or Federal District Court Review

December 23, 2025
Section 1869(b)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (the Act), as amended by Section 940 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), requires an annual reevaluation of the dollar amount in controvers

Changes to amount in controversy (AIC) for appeals in 2026

December 23, 2025
The claims value in dispute must meet the threshold for obtaining an administrative law judge (ALJ) hearing and a judicial review in federal district court. This is called the “amount in controversy.” The amount in controversy is recalculat…

New provider roadmap: Appeals

January 9, 2026
An appeal is a new and independent review of an initial determination of a claim.

Submit Part A appeals and claim corrections electronically

January 22, 2026
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 a…

Submit Part B appeals and claim corrections electronically

February 10, 2026
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 a…

Submit Part B financial documentation requests electronically

February 10, 2026
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…

How to appeal a claim

February 11, 2026
First Coast offers multiple ways of appealing a claim denial. The most efficient way to do so is through First Coast’s portal, SPOT.

New Part A Medicare redetermination and clerical error reopening request form available now

February 18, 2026
Make sure to access our new and improved form which simplifies the submission of your Part A redeterminations.
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