myCGS

Appeals

Redeterminations

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Providers and beneficiaries may appeal an initial claim determination when Medicare's decision is to deny or partially deny a claim. The first level of the appeal process is Redetermination. You have 120 days from the date of receipt of the notice of initial determination to submit a request. There is no monetary threshold.

Providers may submit Redeterminations through myCGS. The Redeterminations form is available under the Claims tab provided the time limit to submit a request has not expired.

To access claim information:

  • Select the “Claims”tab. The “Claim Status Inquiry”page will display.
  • From the drop-down box, select Medicare ID to enter the patient’s Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI). 
    • Enter a date of service in the MM/DD/CCYY format.
  • Instead of searching by Medicare ID, you may select Claim Number from the drop-down. 
    • Enter the Internal/Document Control Number (ICN/DCN) in the field.
    • Please note, there will be times when the original ICN/DCN of the claim will not display.  An example of this is when the claim has been adjusted, in which case the adjustment number will display instead.  Please search using the MBI option.

NOTE: Retrieving claims information older than six months may take additional time. In addition, offline claims will not be displayed. Many claims are offline after three years, sometimes earlier.

  • Click “Submit.”

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Select the Claim # link to display the details of the claim. To submit a Redetermination, the claim must be finalized.

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The “Detailed Claim Status Information” page provides information specific to the claim. Below the line item details you will find the various functions and forms that may be submitted for the claim. If within time limit (120 days of the initial determination), the “Request Redetermination” button will be available.

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Refer to the Detailed Claim Status Information section under the Claims tab for additional information.

Once the form loads, please note that fields with a RED asterisk (*) are required, most of which will auto-populate. This includes the beneficiary, provider and claim information.

  • The specific service(s) being appealed must be added to the form by entering them into the “Denied CPT/HCPCS & Modifiers” field.
  • Click the “Add” button to populate the appropriate box.

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  • After entering each code, click the “Add Claims Information” button to add the line to the form.

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  • Identify whether the request is to appeal an overpayment.
  • There is also an area to explain the reason you are submitting the redetermination request. This field will hold up to 1200 characters.

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Upload at least one attachment to be sent with the request to support the service(s) being appealed. You can attach up to 10 documents. Attachments can be up to 40MBs in size, not to exceed to total of 150MBs for all attachments. The documents must be in a PDF format.

Click on the “Choose File” button and a window will open allowing you to locate and attach the PDF document to the form. Each attachment will populate in the “Attached Files” window.

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Enter the name of the person requesting the redetermination. Click the “Submit” button when the form is complete and ready to be submitted. The date will auto-populate.

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An alert and ‘e-signature’ box will appear, asking you to verify that the information entered and attachments are all correct. This ensures the signature requirement for submitting a redetermination request have been met.

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If the information was entered correctly, and all desired attachments were included, click ‘OK’ to submit the form and all attachments.

If corrections need to be made to the form or if any attachments need to be added or deleted, click ‘Cancel’ to return to the form.

Shortly after submission, you will receive a message confirming receipt of the Redetermination request. A separate message will be sent to your inbox, which will include a Submission ID assigned to your request. The Submission ID may be used to track the status of your request.

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Please refer to the Messages tab of the myCGS User Manual for more details.

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