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Billing => Billing => : Alice Scott March 01, 2008, 10:07:58 PM

: Who can complete a claim form 1500?
: Alice Scott March 01, 2008, 10:07:58 PM
Question
Hello, Your articles are great and very helpful.  You are now in my favorites!
My question:
•   Can anyone complete a Claim Form 1500?  Or just a biller/provider?
•   Can a patient complete on behalf of a Physician? 
•   Can anyone (other than biller/physician) re-enter info from a bill or receipt onto a 1500 form for "insurance purposes" ?
Thanks,
Mars

Answer
Hi Mars,
   Glad you are enjoying our website and articles.  We try to add new info every week.

   The CMS 1500 forms are meant for providers to complete on behalf of their patients.  If a patient needs to submit a bill directly, usually they have a claim form provided by their insurance carrier that they attach a statement from their provider’s office (which can be a CMS form, or another form of statement).  It would be difficult for a patient to complete one on behalf of the physician since they would need to data from the physician (tax id#, NPI #, billing info, cpt codes, icd9 dx codes, etc.) and they would have to know where to place the info on the CMS form.

  I don’t think that insurance carriers allow ‘anyone’ to re-enter information since they have to worry about fraud.  Only a dr can diagnose a patient and state what services were performed.  The patient shouldn’t be able to change information given to an insurance carrier by a dr.
Michele
: Re: Who can complete a claim form 1500?
: EdMar7 October 07, 2017, 09:21:42 PM
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: Re: Who can complete a claim form 1500?
: PMRNC October 08, 2017, 03:39:34 PM
My own health insurance company actually gives us a CMS-1500 form we can fill out but provider has to sign it. Only difference is the claims address is at the top. It's mainly for those physicians we might see that don't take insurance. I've seen other very small TPA's have their own CMS-500 "LIKE" forms that patients bring in sometimes.
: Re: Who can complete a claim form 1500?
: Michele October 09, 2017, 12:00:19 PM
Thanks Martin.  We appreciate the feedback.  Our website is in need of an overhaul, we just haven't had the time yet.  Too many things happening at one time and that unfortunately gets pushed to the bottom of the todo list.