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CLAIM TIMELY FILING POLICIES To ensure your claims are processed in a timely manner, please adhere to the following policies: INITIAL CLAIM - must be received at Cigna-HealthSpring within 120 days from the date of service. The "Through" date on claims will be used to determine the timely filing date. 2. We accept claims from out-of-state providers by mail or electronically. At any time, and for any lawful Government purpose, the government may monitor, record, and audit your system usage and/or intercept, search and seize any communication or data transiting or stored on this system. The ADA expressly disclaims responsibility for any consequences or liability attributable to or related to any use, non-use, or interpretation of information contained or not contained in this file/product. AMA warrants that due to the nature of CPT, it does not manipulate or process dates, therefore there is no Year 2000 issue with CPT. A Medicare Advantage (MA) plan or Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) provider organization recoups money from a provider or supplier 6 months or more after the service was furnished to a beneficiary who was retroactively disenrolled to or before the date of the furnished service. Error or misrepresentation of an employee, the Medicare Contractor or agent of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) that was performing Medicare functions and acting within the scope of its authority, Medicare will extend the timely filing limit through the last day of the sixth month following the month in which the beneficiary, provider or supplier received notice that an error or misrepresentation was corrected, Beneficiary receives notification of Medicare entitlement retroactive to or before the date the service was furnished, Medicare will extend the timely filing limit through the last day of the sixth month following the month in which the beneficiary, provider or supplier received notification of Medicare entitlement retroactive to or before the date of the furnished service, A state Medicaid agency recoups payment from a provider or supplier six months or more after the date the service was furnished to a dually eligible beneficiary, Medicare will extend the timely filing limit through the last day of the sixth month following the month in which a state Medicaid agency recovered Medicaid payment from a provider or supplier, A beneficiary was enrolled in an MA plan or PACE provider organization, but later was disenrolled from the MA plan or PACE provider organization retroactive to or before the date the service was furnished, and the MA plan or PACE provider organization recoups its payment from a provider or supplier six months or more after the date the service was furnished, In these cases, Medicare will extend the timely filing limit through the last day of the sixth month following the month in which the MA plan or PACE provider organization recovered its payment from a provider or supplier, Providers may contact the J15 Part A Provider Contact Center (PCC) by phone at, Please note Customer Service Representatives are unable to, The address on the company letterhead must match the 'Master Address' in the provider's Medicare enrollment record, The provider's six-digit Provider Transaction Access Number (PTAN), The provider's National Provider Identifier (NPI), The last five digits of the provider's Federal Tax Identification (ID) number, Dates of service for the claim(s) in question, A written report by the agency (Medicare, Social Security Administration (SSA), or Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC)) based on agency records, describing how its error caused failure to file within the usual time limit, Copies of an agency (Medicare, SSA, or MAC) letter reflecting an error, A written statement of an agency (Medicare, SSA, or MAC) employee having personal knowledge of the error, CGS Claims Processing Issues Log (CPIL) showing the system error, Copies of a SSA letter reflecting retroactive Medicare entitlement, Dated screen prints of the Common Working File (CWF) showing no Medicare eligibility at the time the claim was originally submitted and dated screen prints of CWF showing the retroactive Medicare eligibility, Copy of a state Medicaid agency letter reflecting recoupment, Copies of an MA plan or PACE provider organization letter reflecting retroactive disenrollment, Dated screen prints of the CWF showing MA plan or PACE provider organization eligibility at the time the claim was originally submitted, Proof of MA plan or PACE provider organization recoupment of a claim. 0
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