title: Appealing Medicare denials.
abstract: Because of the government's recent emphasis on controlling health care costs, health care providers have been receiving many more denials for payment of services rendered to Medicare beneficiaries than in the past. Often the denials are not justified and should be appealed. This article explains the step-by-step procedure in the Medicare appeals process and gives suggestions for presenting a case so that a denial will have a good chance of being overturned.
authors.affiliation: Bon Secours Hospital-Villa Maria Nursing Center, North Miami, Florida.
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States