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Appeal
What is an appeal?
An appeal is the action one can take if one disagrees with a coverage or payment decision made by
insurance.
One has the right to appeal on a claim that is initially submitted with incorrect information containing
data-entry error like wrong date of service or on inappropriately paid or denied claims such as late
filing, prior authorization and vice versa for review and reprocessing.
Appeal drafting guidelines
Here are the guidelines, one should follow for appeal drafting;
Appeal Forms:
Most of the payers accept the online appeals submitted through their web portal. One can check
online if the respective payer accepts online appeals.
One can also obtain appeal forms from web portal.
One can also call at help line of the payer to find out appeal process.