Category: Medical Billing

Molina Healthcare Eligibility Guide

Molina Healthcare Eligibility and Prior Authorization: A Practical Guide for Providers

A patient hands over a Molina card. Your front desk scans it, books the procedure, and moves on. Three weeks later, the claim comes back denied. Coverage ended the

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Cigna Authorisation Guide for Practices

Cigna Prior Authorization and Referral Requirements for Medical Practices

You scheduled the procedure. The patient showed up. The doctor did the work. Then the claim gets denied again because no one got Cigna’s approval ahead of time, or

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Humana Medical Billing Guide

Humana medical billing guide: claims processing and payment posting

Humana may underpay you, deny you, or hold your claim for weeks. Sometimes, all three issues occur for a single patient. In response, most practices make more phone calls,

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Kaiser Permanente eligibility verification and referral requirements

A patient hands your front desk a Kaiser card. You run it the way you’d run any other, you see the visit, and three weeks later the claim comes

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UnitedHealthcare Denial Management Guide

UnitedHealthcare denial management: common reasons and solutions

A claim comes back from UnitedHealthcare with a denial code and a deadline nobody on your team noticed. Multiply that by a few dozen a week and you have

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Medicare’s Timely Filing Denials Are Increasing Don’t Miss Your Deadline

You saw the patient. The note is signed, the codes are right, and the claim went out the door. Then the remittance lands with one line: “Time limit for

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BCBS NOC Code Denials: Are Your Claims Missing the NDC Number?

Ask anyone who bills drugs without a dedicated HCPCS code, and they’ll tell you the same story. You submit under an NOC code, you wait, and half the time

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Cignas Excessive Documentation Policy Could Cost You Thousands

Cigna’s ‘Excessive Documentation’ Policy Could Cost You Thousands

You did the visit. You documented it properly. The care was medically necessary and clinically sound. And Cigna still cuts your payment. That’s the reality practices are waking up

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The #1 trigger for Instant Denials is Missing or Inconsistent Diagnosis-to-Procedure Mapping.

The #1 trigger for Instant Denials is Missing or Inconsistent Diagnosis-to-Procedure Mapping.

The #1 trigger for Instant Denials The #1 trigger for Instant Denials is Missing or Inconsistent Diagnosis-to-Procedure Mapping. Meta title: Fix Diagnosis to Procedure Mapping: Stop Instant Denials. Meta

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Cigna's New Policy Will Automatically Downcode Your E/M Claims Effective Oct 2025

Cigna’s New Policy Will Automatically Downcode Your E/M Claims Effective Oct 2025

If you bill Cigna for office visits, mark your calendar. Starting October 1, 2025, Cigna is rolling out a new reimbursement rule that lets the payer quietly cut your

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