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Medicare will extend the timely filing limit through the last day of the sixth month following the month in which a state Medicaid agency recovered Medicaid payment from a provider or supplier Retroactive Disenrollment from a Medicare Advantage (MA) Plan or Program of All-inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE) Provider Organization var url = document.URL; (For services furnished during October December of a year, the time limit may be extended no later than the end of the fourth year after that year. . 240 - Time Limits for Filing Appeals & Good Cause for Extension of the Time Limit for Filing Appeals 240.1 - Good Cause 240.2 - Conditions and Examples That May Establish Good Cause for Late Filing by Beneficiaries . CPT is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. End users do not act for or on behalf of the CMS. 3. Any use not authorized herein is prohibited, including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation, making copies of CDT-4 for resale and/or license, transferring copies of CDT-4 to any party not bound by this agreement, creating any modified or derivative work of CDT-4, or making any commercial use of CDT-4. Important Notes for Providers The "Through" date on a claim is used to determine the timely filing date. Any questions pertaining to the license or use of the CDT-4 should be addressed to the ADA. You agree to take all necessary steps to ensure that your employees and agents abide by the terms of this agreement. AS USED HEREIN, "YOU" AND "YOUR" REFER TO YOU AND ANY ORGANIZATION ON BEHALF OF WHICH YOU ARE ACTING. BY CLICKING BELOW ON THE BUTTON LABELED "I ACCEPT", YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED TO ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT. 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THE LICENSE GRANTED HEREIN IS EXPRESSLY CONDITIONED UPON YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT. This product includes CPT which is commercial technical data and/or computer data bases and/or commercial computer software and/or commercial computer software documentation, as applicable which were developed exclusively at private expense by the American Medical Association, 515 North State Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60610. On the UB-04 form, enter either 7 (corrected claim), 5 (late charges), or 8 (void or cancel a prior claim) as the third digit in Box 4 (Bill Type). For example, a claim with dates of service 9/15/2015, must be received by 9/15/2016 for processing. Retroactive Medicare entitlement where a State Medicaid Agency recoups money from a provider or supplier 6 months or more after the service was furnished. The AMA warrants that due to the nature of CPT, it does not manipulate or process dates, therefore there is no Year 2000 issue with CPT. Any use not authorized herein is prohibited, including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation, making copies of CPT for resale and/or license, transferring copies of CPT to any party not bound by this agreement, creating any modified or derivative work of CPT, or making any commercial use of CPT. Use is limited to use in Medicare, Medicaid, or other programs administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Check the status of a claim There are times in which the various content contributor primary resources are not synchronized or updated on the same time interval. The scope of this license is determined by the ADA, the copyright holder. If services are rendered on consecutive days, such as for a hospital confinement, the limit will be counted from the last date of service. When a claim denies because it was received after the timely filing period, such denial does not constitute an "initial determination" and, therefore, is. 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