Medicare Claim Filing Deadlines: Mandatory Submission of Claim: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires that all participating or non-participating providers must submit claims on behalf of the Medicare Beneficiary who are enrolled in Medicare Part B and who has provided covered care to the Beneficiary. This is a mandatory law which became effective in September 1990.
The filing time limitation for Medicare claims is a 15 to 27 month period. Meaning, claims can be submitted for the current calendar year, the entire prior calendar year and the three-month period – October through December of the calendar year prior to that.
Example:
October 1, 2007 and September 30, 2008 ***Must be submitted by:December 31, 2009
OCTOBER 1, 2008 and September 30, 2009 ***Must be submitted by:December 31, 2010
**** For more information: Visit the CMS website (www.cms.gov) or you can call your local carrier.
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