title: Cashing in on out-of-state Medicaid claims!
abstract: In summary, billing out-of-state claims can be time-consuming but productive. It just takes time, information from the states and consistent follow-up. Unicare Corporation began billing out-of-state accounts in 1989. Providers referred accounts to us that they normally would have written off--either because the balances were too small, they were not enrolled, or they did not have a large enough staff to dedicate time to this payer. In 1997, Unicare recovered more than $92 million for our clients. We accomplished this by focusing on uninsured admissions, medical necessity and out-of-state claims processing for providers.
authors.affiliation: Unicare Corporation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Frasia-Lackey
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matzelle
mesh_terms: D000289:Admitting Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting / Q000592:standards*; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States