A |
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Attempts to rescind or modify an authorization for health care services; |
B |
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Bills that have not been timely paid, contested or denied; |
U |
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Underpayment or nonpayment of claims; |
S |
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Submission requirements in a physician contract for medical records that are not reasonably relevant; |
E |
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Explanations that fail to set forth the specific reasons for denying, or contesting a claim; |
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M |
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Misdirected claims that are not properly forwarded; |
A |
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Acknowledgement failures concerning the receipt of physician disputes; |
T |
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Time periods for physician dispute filing deadlines that are inconsistent with the law; |
T |
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Time periods for resolution and written determinations concerning a physician’s dispute not met; |
E |
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Emergency services claims that resulted in unreasonable requests for submission of medical records that are not reasonably necessary to determine liability; |
R |
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Required schedule of fees and other information not provided to contracting physicians; |
S |
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Schedules of fees and other disclosures modified without proper notification to contracting providers; |
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R |
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Required provisions in a plan’s contract with the plan’s claims processing organization; |
E |
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Establish (failing to) that requests for medical records are reasonably relevant; |
A |
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Accepting (failing to) late claims under appropriate circumstances; |
C |
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Claims filing deadlines that are inconsistent with the law; |
T |
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Time periods to acknowledge receipt of claims not met; |
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N |
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Notices of provider dispute resolution mechanism not provided;
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O |
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Overpayments demanded too late and not requested to be reimbursed properly;
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W |
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Waivers required from physicians of certain Knox-Keene protections. |
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