AppealLettersOnline.com eNewsletter: Reimbursement eNewsletter for the healthcare community

ISSUE 43 August 7, 2007

Receiving Numerous Refund Requests? 
Refund/recoupment requests must be responded to promptly, but you may have options other than immediate repayment or appealing the request... Read this entire article
AppealLettersOnline Featured Letters
We have a number of refund/recoupment response letters under the topic Refund/Recoupment. State-specific appeal letters for the states of Montana, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia have been recently added to this area. There are also numerous letters citing state-by-state coordination of benefits regulations under the topic Stalled Claims and the subcategory Coordination of Benefits. If you have any questions regarding using these letters in your refund/recoupment appeals, please post your questions in the AppealLettersOnline.com Users forum under the Refund/Recoupment area.  Sign up to access these appeal letters
ERISA Appeals Audioconference
"Using ERISA law in Appeals and Contract Renegotiation," will be Oct 2 at 11 a.m. CST. ERISA claim processing regulations and disclosure requirements can be utilized at several key phases of the revenue cycle to improve success on both case management and denied claim appeals. Further, ERISA can be helpful to the patient access and contract management specialists.  Speaker Tammy Tipton will explain how ERISA can be utilized by patient access and case management to obtain accurate insurance verification and claim approval.  Further, ERISA protections are pertinent to post-treatment denials and can be utilized in contract renegotiation efforts to secure basic protections to provider contracts.

Cost to participate is only $249 and includes a number of ERISA-compliance tools and appeal letters. Registration is limited. Call 888-399-4925 or click here for details.