Medical service providers are responsible for billing insurance companies for their patients’ services and procedures. To do so, they must file medical claims as part of the medical billing process.

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Few people realize how worthwhile appealing a denied health-insurance claim can be. Insurers in the U.S. process more than five billion payment claims annually, federal figures show. About 850 million ...

You don’t have to settle for no. If your insurer refuses to approve or pay for a medical claim, be it a procedure, test, or medication, you have the right to appeal their decision. Those rights were ...

Usually, a person or their healthcare professional must file a claim within a year of the person receiving care, but certain situations may extend timely filing. If Medicare rejects the claim, a ...

Insurance companies often deny claims. You can take these steps to help appeal an insurance denial. Knowing certain hacks and working with your healthcare team can help you get what you need for your ...

When his health insurance company denied medical claims for his son’s hospital stay in Chicago, Brandon Kennedy got creative. “I called my local union, the health department, health branch of the ...

A self-inflicted wound, drug overdose, or complication caused by a deliberate act of harm is completely excluded. The main point is that all insurers permanently exclude these to ensure only genuine, ...