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Follow Advice to Avoid Medicare Denials

Published on Wed Mar 31, 2021

Question: We recently got a Medicare claim denied for invalid patient information? What’s going on with this? Alabama Subscriber Answer: If you’ve ever gotten a claim denied for invalid patient information and you’re sure you submitted the correct Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) to the payer, you’re not alone. If this happens, you should first verify the patient’s name spelling and [...]
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