Reimbursement Appeals
Do you have outstanding insurance
reimbursement claims? Medicare and Medicaid denials?
At Deena Weiss and Associates,
management solutions have helped hundreds of behavioral
healthcare providers recover revenue through appeals of denied
claims.
Behavioral, medical and
mainstream publications are filled with stories focusing on the
barriers that substance abuse and psychiatric hospitals face in
getting paid in today's behavioral health care environment.
Precertification, managed care and tight, timely filing
deadlines are just some of the hurdles behavioral health
professionals must finesse when seeking reimbursement. And if
one hurdle is missed, the effort and attention expended in the
assessment and intake is all for naught in the business office.
Yet most behavioral health providers ignore what is perhaps the
most effective action they can take for securing immediate
payment on a denied medical claim - filing an appeal.
"Fifty-five percent of substance
abuse and psychiatric providers I have worked with do not appeal
their insurance denials. They do not know how and they do not
have the time, “said Deena Weiss." Our motto is to appeal
everything. The worst thing they can say is no."
While many carriers do not
routinely release the number of claims overturned on appeal,
statistics indicate that a well-written appeal may be effective
in securing payment. Contact us today at (305) 725-5344, and we
will help in recouping reimbursements through the appeal
process.
