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Denial Management II

Claim denied for Frequency Limitation:

  • Ask the rep how many times the procedure can be performed in a year.
  • Get the date hen the procedure was performed last.
  • Ask the rep whether the service was done with our provider or some other provider.
  • If it is with our provider cross verify the information with that in the system.
  • If it does not correlate inform the rep and send the claim for reprocess.


Claim denied as Primary paid Maximum:


  • Get the processed date.
  • Get the allowed amount for the procedure (secondary Insurance).
  • Ask the rep how much was allowed by the primary insurance.
  • Cross verify that the secondary insurance's allowed amount should be more or equal to the primary insurance's allowed amount.
  • If the secondary insurance allowed amount is less than the primary allowed amount inform the rep and send the claim for reprocess.
  • Else ask the rep whether we can bill to the patient.

Claim applied towards Deductible:


  • Get the claim processed date.
  • How much was allowed.
  • How much was applied towards the deductible.
  • If there is a balance left after they have applied towards the deductible ask the rep about it whether it's applied towards the ci-insurance or co-pay.
  • Ask whether it was applied towards the in network deductible or out of network deductible.
  • What is the total annual deductible for the patient and has patient satisfied the deductible.
  • Get the claim number, receive and processed date.

Claim Paid:

  • When was the claim paid.
  • How much was the allowed amount.
  • How much was paid.
  • Is there any patient responsibility.
  • Check number.
  • Is that a bulk check or a single check.
  • If bulk check what is the amount of the check.
  • Verify the pay to address.
  • Get the claim number, receive and processed date.

Patient identified as not insured.

  • Reconfirm with the rep that she is pulling out the patients record with the correct ID.
  • Search the patient by last and first name (Spell it out with phonetics).
  • Search by DOB.
  • Search by SSN (Social Security Number).
  • If the rep says still the patient cannot be identified.
  • Check in your system whether the same insurance has paid earlier.
  • It there is any payment made by the same insurance, give the claim number of that claim and try to pull the pt's record.
  • If there i no payment from the same insurance. Check if the patient has any other insurance / bill the to the patient.

Claim denied as Patient not eligible for the DOS (DOS precedes the policy effetive date, DOS service after the coverage period):

  • In both of these cases ask the rep the effective date and termination date of the policy.
  • Verify whether the DOS falls within the coverage period.
  • If the DOS falls within the coverage period ask the rep to send the claim for reprocess.
  • If the patient is not covered for the DOS.
  • CHeck in your system whether the patient has any other insurance.
  • If the patient has any other insurance call the insurance verify the eligibility, mailing address and filing limit.
  • Refile the claim to that insurance with denial from the former one.
  • If the patient does not have any other insurance flip the balance to the patient.

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