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Autodenials For Related Claims May Spell Trouble

Published on Fri Feb 28, 2014

How ‘related’ are your claims?  Financial implications for your denials may get much steeper, thanks to a new CMS directive on related claims. Medicare contractors that have denied a claim under medical review "have the discretion to deny other related claims submitted before or after the claim in question," the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services instructs in CR 8425 [...]
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