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Claims that came back and stayed back

Know why claims are denied, and which ones are worth chasing.

A denial is not lost revenue until somebody decides to stop working it. Most practices never see denials grouped in a way that makes that decision possible, so the ones that would have been paid on a second submission get written off alongside the ones that never had a chance. We group them by root cause and show where recovery effort actually pays.

Denials last month, by root cause

Illustrative

Forty nine denials across four causes. Select one to see the claims behind it.

  • Office visit, established patient

    Meridian Care. Plan terminated 9 days before the visit.

    $610

  • Diagnostic imaging

    Cardinal Mutual. No approval on file at submission.

    $1,240

  • Minor procedure

    Northbridge Health. Modifier missing on a paired service.

    $845

  • Follow-up visit

    Keystone Benefit. Coverage active under a different plan.

    $385

  • Laboratory panel

    Meridian Care. Filed 11 days past the window.

    $296

  • Specialist consultation

    Vantage Blue. Approval expired before the visit.

    $720

  • Preventive visit

    Cardinal Mutual. Service coded as diagnostic, not preventive.

    $430

  • Office visit, new patient

    Summit Health Plan. Deductible plan not yet effective.

    $515

Showing 8 of 8 sample claims. Payer names are fictional.

Sample denials for one month, grouped by root cause. Select a cause to filter the claims beneath it.

What it does

Denials get grouped by what actually caused them, whether that is an eligibility problem, a missing authorization, a coding issue or a filing deadline that passed. That turns an undifferentiated pile into a small number of causes, most of which repeat.

What you get

A clear read on where rework will actually be paid, and which causes keep coming back and are worth fixing at the front of the process instead of the back. Denials that were quietly written off show up here too.

Why you can trust it

Every grouping opens into the claims inside it, so a cause is never just a number on a chart. You can see the individual claims, what happened to each, and decide for yourself what is worth pursuing.

Works with the rest of Incura

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The audit

An independent check of a closed month that finds the dollars that never arrived, reconciled so the total ties to what actually hit your bank account.

Recoverable found, one month

Illustrative

Total recoverable

$27,400

Across 112 claims at a three-provider practice, September

  • A payer’s contract sets a rate for a procedure and the payment came in under it. Nothing about the claim was rejected, so nothing flagged it. It was posted, closed, and counted as collected.

    33 claims

Find out what last month actually was.

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