On Dec. 5, 2024, one insurer contacted ValuePenguin claiming that the denial rate listed in this article is not consistent with their internal records. We will update this article with more ...

Medical service providers are responsible for billing insurance companies for their patients’ services and procedures. To do so, they must file medical claims as part of the medical billing process.

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A letter arrives in the mail. Oh, great: It’s from your health insurance company. It contains some variation on the phrase “Your claim has been denied” and possibly “You may file an appeal to ...

FDA, in a 2013 final rule, made it a requirement that most medical devices distributed in the United States carry a UDI as a patient safety measure. Current health insurance claims forms, however, ...

"Adding device identifier information to insurance claims forms will make a dramatic difference in our ability to track down faulty medical devices before they can hurt people," said Senator Warren.

Insurance claim denials have risen 16% from 2018 to 2024, affecting access to essential medications like insulin and albuterol. Denials often result from formulary exclusions, step therapy, and ...

Federal data shows that health insurance companies denied more than 49 millions claims in 2021, but customers appealed less than 0.2 percent of them. Investigative journalists at ProPublica found that ...