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Committee passes bill to extend Medicaid appeals deadline from 35 to 65 days
Summary
The Senate Insurance & Commerce Committee approved Senate Bill 257 to lengthen the time providers have to respond to Medicaid claim denials from 35 to 65 days and to require publication of appeals protocols online.
The Senate Insurance & Commerce Committee voted to pass Senate Bill 257, which would extend the period Medicaid providers have to respond to a denial of a claim from 35 days to 65 days and require that the agency’s appeals information and protocols be posted online.
The change, presented by Simon Dobritsoff of Highlands Oncology Group, is intended to give clinics more time to investigate denials and assemble appeals. "We have about a hundred letters from different insurance companies…
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