Medical Billing Forum
Payments => Patient Billing => : catooch July 14, 2008, 06:08:34 PM
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Hi,
I work for a small chiropractic office. Somehow in the chain of command we overlooked submitting the necessary paperwork for authorization. The insurance company is ACN. I called them today and they said to submit all necessary paperwork and a letter as to when we would like the begin date to start for this patient.
Should I state that we mistakenly overlooked submitting this paperwork or make up an excuse? I don't know how to handle this situation, because it is for 9 dates of service.
Help........
Thanks, Cathy
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Cathy,
The best policy is to be honest. I would write up the appeal and word it something like "due to a clerical error the paperwork was mistakenly not submitted properly (or timely, or something)" There is no guarantee they will post date the authorization but it's certainly worth a try. We have found providers in this position, filed the appeal for them, and in many cases they will back date the auth.
Good luck!
Michele
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Michelle,
Thanks I'll give it a try..................
Cathy