Aetna to reduce timely filing limits for non-par providers in 2022
Aetna has announced timely filing limits for non-participating providers will be reduced from 27 months to 12 months for traditional medical claims beginning Jan. 1, 2022. Providers should expect to see filing limit denials for this new timeframe beginning in 2023....
UHC placing ‘pre-pay’ review on some Covid claims
Multiple labs we work with have recently received pre-payment records requests from UnitedHealthcare to support their Covid-19 testing. While UHC isn’t denying these tests for improper coding, the payments they’ve put on hold amount to nearly $1 million in...
Timely filing extension renewed alongside National Emergency declaration
Timely filing extensions for claim submissions that were instituted by the IRS/DOL last March as part of a Covid-19 National Emergency declaration will be extended after President Joe Biden said he would extend the emergency in a Feb. 24 letter to Congress. After the...