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Denied a Medicare claim? Don’t give up on the appeal process, persistence is key to getting covered
The good news: If your Medicare claim is denied, you have the right to appeal. The bad news: The process — which can entail as many as five layers of review — is often long and arduous, and experts say that persistence is essential. This past August, the Center for Medicare Advocacy filed a class action lawsuit calling the Medicare appeals system “broken.” Denials are routinely given “rubber stamps” at the first two levels of appeal, the lawsuit claims. Beneficiaries need to push to the third level — where they can present their case to an administrative law judge — to have any real shot at winning…Read More