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Troy Medicare HMO plans are currently only available in Robeson, Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson, Catawba, Alexander, Iredell, Moore, Hoke, Scotland, Bladen, Columbus, Richmond, Montgomery, Anson, Rowan, or Cabarrus counties in North Carolina.
Troy Medicare is an HMO plan with a Medicare contract. Enrollment in Troy Medicare depends on contract renewal.
This information is not a complete description of benefits. Call 1-888-494-TROY (8769) (TTY 711) for more information.
This document is available in alternative formats. If you need this document in an alternative format, call Member Service at 1-888-494-TROY (8769).
To report suspected incidents of non-compliance and/or fraud, waste or abuse, you can contact Troy Medicare directly or anonymously in the following ways:
Reporting portal: troymedicare.ethicspoint.com
General Information
To increase the speed and accuracy with which your claims are processed, we recommend filing claims via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
Submit Claims
If electronic submission is not an option at this time, submit CMS-1500 or UB-04 claim forms to the following address:
University of Utah Health Plans
Attention: Claims Department
PO Box 45180
Salt Lake City, UT 84145-0180
Check Claims Status Online
Wondering if a claim was received? Finished processing? What was paid to the provider or what is member responsibility? Save yourself a phone call by checking claims status online.
- Contracted providers with a secure account – View claims status via our Provider Portal
- Noncontracted providers or contracted providers waiting for their U-Link account to be set up - View claims status via our Guest User Claim Status portal
Notes for Guest Users:- 'Vendor TIN' refers to the Tax ID number your clinic uses for billing and reporting payments
- 'Member ID' requires the full number displayed on the Member ID card, including suffixes
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If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact us:
Hours: M–F, 8 am–6 pm
Phone: 888-271-5870
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Appeal Rights
Advantage U Medicare: Appeals must be received within 60 calendar days from the date of initial determination notification.
Healthy U Medicaid: Appeals must be received within 60 days from the date on Notice of Action or EOB.
Neurobehavioral HOME: Appeals must be received within 60 days from the date the Notice of Action or EOB.
UHCP, UUHP Group, and Individual Plans Appeals: Members have 180 days to appeal from Notice of Action Letter/EOB.
UNI & Miners: Please contact appeal coordinators at 801-587-6480 or 888-271-5870.
Please note: Effective January 1, 2016, the University of Utah Health Plans () will require that providers obtain consent from a Healthy U or UHCP member, to appeal on their behalf, for denied claims or referrals, relating to clinical services. A Clinical appeal means services that were denied in a pre-service review, or services that were billed and require medical review, that denied.
To File an Appeal
You, your legally authorized representative or your provider may file your appeal. If you need help filing your appeal, call us at 801-587-6480. If you are deaf or hard of hearing, you can call Utah Relay Services at 711 or 1-800-346-4128.
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Si necesita esta carta en Español, por favor llamenos al 801-587-6480 o 1-888-271-5870 opcion 1. Si habla español, puede llamar a Spanish Relay Utah al 1-888-346-3162. These are free public telephone relay services or TTY/TDD. Estos son servicios gratuitos de retransmisión telefónica pública o TTY / TDD.
Submission Information:
Send the complete written appeal to this address:
Appeals Team
6053 Fashion Square Dr., Suite 110
Murray, UT 84107
Or you can fax to 801-587-9985
Response Time
How long will it take for a decision to be made?
Medicare Advantage: 60 calendar days. Commercial: 45 calendar days. Medicaid: 30 calendar days.
If you or your provider believes your life or immediate health is in danger, you may ask for an expedited (quick) appeal by calling Customer Service at 801-587-6480. If we agree the decision needs to be made quickly, we will make a decision in three calendar days for U of U Health Plans/Group and Individual Plans or 72 hours for Healthy U Medicaid.
For Routine or Expedited Appeals: Sometimes we may need more information. If so, we may take an additional 14 calendar days to make our decision. If we need to take extra time, we will send you a letter. If you have U of U Health Plans Group or Individual Plans, we will call you to explain why we need more time. We need your permission to take the extra time for the appeal review.
Fraud & Abuse
What is fraud and abuse?
Fraud is when a person does something on purpose so that the person gets something he or she shouldn't. If a person tries to get health care from a doctor by using another person's U of U Health Plans card, that is one type of fraud. Another type of fraud is if a doctor bills U of U Health Plans on purpose for a service that wasn't done.
Abuse is when a person does something that costs U of U Health Plans extra money. If a U of U Health Plans member goes to the emergency room when it isn't really an emergency, that is one type of abuse. Another type of abuse is when a doctor does more services than the patient needs.
What can I do to stop fraud and abuse?
- Do not give your ID number to anyone except your doctor or provider.
- Do not ask your doctor or for health care that you do not need.
- If you are offered free health care in exchange for your ID card number, call Healthy U.
- If someone says they know how to make U of U Health Plans pay for health care that we do not pay for, please call us.
- Do not let anyone use your ID card.
- Call us if a provider tries to make you pay for your care (except for your co-pay if you have one).
What can I do if I suspect fraud and abuse?
Fill out the Fraud and Abuse Reporting form above or call U of U Health Plan’s Compliance Officer at 1-888-271-5870. You don't even have to tell us your name if you don't want to.
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Utilization Review Guidelines
Care Coordination will be provided through our Care Management Department for the following:
- An individual that has been identified with a chronic health condition or health care need that may benefit from care manager support.
- An individual with health care needs that may want some help in making sure they care they receive is timely, appropriate and cost effective.
We encourage you to submit a pre-service request for medical review of the listed services.
We encourage you to submit a pre-service request for medical review of the listed services.
- Abortion services
- Bariatric procedures
- Cosmetic procedures
- Custom wheelchairs
- Durable medical equipment
- Home health care
- Implants, such as vagal nerve stimulators
- Outpatient therapies (ST)
- Pharmacy: injectables administered outside provider's office, hosptial setting, or clinic
- Prosthetics
- Synagis immunization
- TMJ services
- Transplant services: lung heart, liver, kidney, bone marrow, cornea, and the like
We require notification for any inpatient admission. UUHP will be monitoring all inpatient hospital stays, including skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitation services.
Services deemed ‘medically necessary’ do not guarantee payment if coverage terminates, benefits change, benefit limits are exhausted, or pre-exisiting conditions apply.
Utilization review means a review and confirmation program that determines medical necessity of any care service or treatment. In general all covered benefits are based on medical necessity and utilization review is not limited to the above list.
University of Utah Health Plans - Utilization Review Guidelines
Medicare Claims
What Is a Medicare Claim?
Medicare claims ask Medicare or your insurer to pay for medical services or care you have received. In almost all cases, your doctor or a hospital where you received care will send the claim directly to Medicare if you are covered by Medicare Part A or Part B.
If you have a Medicare Advantage plan, there is no claim. The private companies that administer these plans are under contract with Medicare and are paid a set amount each month.
For Part D prescription drug plans, the insurance company that administers the plan contracts with pharmacies. Both those preferred pharmacies as well as nonpreferred pharmacies not in your plan will bill the insurer. You may have to pay more out-of-pocket if you use a nonpreferred pharmacy.
When Do You Need to File a Medicare Claim?
You generally shouldn’t have to worry about filing a Medicare claim yourself. But in some rare cases, you may have to file one on your own.
In those cases, you must file a claim within 12 months of receiving medical care. If you miss that deadline, you may have to pay all the costs yourself.
You may have to file a claim yourself if you receive care from a nonparticipating Medicare provider or an opt-out provider.
- Participating Providers
- Health care providers that accept Medicare and also accept the Medicare-approved amount for particular medical services or supplies.
- Nonparticipating Providers
- Health care providers who accept Medicare patients but don’t agree to Medicare-approved prices. They may charge you up to 15 percent more than the approved cost.
- Opt-out Providers
- Health care providers who simply do not accept Medicare.
If you receive health care services from a provider who opts out of Medicare, you can file a claim for a Medicare reimbursement. It will cover only the approved amount Medicare pays for the service, so you may have to pay out-of-pocket costs.
If Your Provider Doesn’t File in a Timely Manner
If the 12-month deadline to file a Medicare claim is approaching and your doctor hasn’t filed a claim for your care, you may have to file a Medicare claim yourself.
First you should contact the doctor or supplier and ask them to file a claim. If still they don’t, and the deadline is approaching, you should go ahead and file the claim yourself.
Check Your Claim Status
You should check your Medicare Summary Notice mailed to you every three months to see if claims have been filed for services or supplies you’ve received. You can also check the status at MyMedicare.gov. Check the deadline for filing your claim by calling 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227).
Source: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Filing an Appeal
If you file a claim and Medicare or your insurer denies it, you may file a Medicare appeal. There are five levels of appeals. If you fail at one level, you can usually appeal to the next higher one.
- When Medicare or your plan denies your request for a health care service, medical supply or drug you think should be covered, provided to you or continued.
- When Medicare or your plan denies your request for the medical service, product or drug that you already received.
- When Medicare or your plan denies your request to change the amount you pay for a service, product or drug.
Medicare also provides information on finding someone to help you file an appeal.
How to File a Medicare Claim
If you ever have to file a Medicare claim, you will need to fill out a special form and provide other detailed information to Medicare and/or your private insurer.
- A completed Patient’s Request for Medical Payment form you can download from the Medicare website.
- An itemized bill from your doctor, supplier or other health care provider.
- A detailed letter explaining the reasons why you are filing the claim such as why your health care provider refuses to file one, is unable to file one or if the provider is not enrolled in Medicare.
- Any supporting documentation for your claim.
Once you gather the documents and complete the form, you will mail the materials to a contractor in your state who handles claims. You can find the address on the second page of the Patient’s Request form or by logging into your account at MyMedicare.gov.
Did You Know?
If you want someone to call 1-800-MEDICARE on your behalf, and you want Medicare to release your personal information to them, you will need to fill out an Authorization to Disclose Personal Health Information.
Source: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Medicare Claim FAQs
There are three ways to check your Medicare claim status:
- Your Medicare Summary Notice that arrives every three months will show which claims have been filed.
- You can log on to your account at MyMedicare.gov.
- You can call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227).
Medicare will automatically send your claims to most Medigap insurers who will handle the payment. But some Medigap insurers will require you to file the claim with Medicare. If you do have to submit your own claim, you will need to send the insurer a Medicare Summary Notice that shows how much Medicare paid along with an invoice or receipt to show how much you paid out-of-pocket.
Last Modified: September 29, 2021
ACC Member Handbooks
You can request copies of the 2021 Mercy ACC Member Handbook. Just fill out the Mercy Care ACC Member Handbook Order Form and submit it to [email protected].
(Orders are processed on Fridays. Requests made on Thursdays after 5 p.m. will be processed the following week.)
Pima County providers
Mercy Care is proud to continue serving ALTCS, DDD and Mercy Care Advantage (MCA) members in Pima County. We remain contracted with AHCCCS to provide services to members enrolled in ALTCS, DDD and MCA. If you have any questions, you can contact your Network Management representative.
Fast, easy answers to your questions
Mercy Care’s new Interactive Voice Response, or IVR, system, makes it easy to get member and claims information 24/7. You can:
- Access member benefits and eligibility information
- Get answers to Frequently Asked Questions ‑ such as appeals address, payer ID, etc.
- Obtain claim status at header level
- Obtain claim status at line level
- Obtain amount paid on a specific claim
- Request single claim information by fax
Find out more here.
Join our network
We appreciate your interest in joining Mercy Care’s network. We're committed to providing quality medical and behavioral health care services to our members. Mercy Care’s network is closed to most medical and behavioral health care providers. Currently, our network meets the needs of our membership and our letter of interest, contracting and credentialing processes help us achieve that goal.
AHCCCS (Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System) is Arizona’s Medicaid Managed Care Program. Mercy Care is contracted with AHCCCS to provide Medicaid covered benefits and services to Mercy Care members. Providers must register with the AHCCCS program to be eligible for payment reimbursement. Registered providers agree to abide by state laws and agree to accept the state Medicaid payment as payment in full. Arizona state law and your Mercy Care provider contract prohibits balance billing MC members for Medicaid covered services and benefits.
Letter of Interest process
Mercy Care’s network is closed to most medical and behavioral health care providers. Currently, our network meets the needs of our membership. However, our network is evaluated regularly; if it is determined the network need has changed and services provided by your organization are warranted, a Network Management Representative will contact you directly. You may submit a potential future provider letter of interest and W-9 Form for review. Please be advised that an additional request received within one year from the date of this letter of interest will be considered a duplicate and will receive an automatic “No Thank you” response. Behavioral Health providers should include a summary description of programs, including target populations and age categories, specific models of care/therapies used, along with frequency of programming treatment.
Credentialing process (Completed only after Letter of Interest approval)
Mercy Care is a member of the Arizona Association of Health Plans (AzAHP) and participates in the AzAHP Credentialing Alliance whose aim is to make the credentialing and recredentialing process easier by eliminating duplication of efforts and reducing administrative burden.
The Credentialing Alliance's streamlined process utilizes the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) Universal Provider Datasource for all practitioner credentialing applications for all participating plans and a common paper application for all facility credentialing applications. The Credentialing Alliance also uses a common practitioner data form and organizational data form to collect information necessary for their contract review process and system loading requirements.
The Credentialing Alliance uses Aperture Credentialing for primary source verification (PSV) services for the alliance. Aperture performs the PSV once and shares the results with each participating plan that you authorize to receive it.
Practitioners only - go to https://proview.caqh.org/Login to complete or update your CAQH application with the following information:
- The location where you primarily practice
- Primary credentialing contact information (name, address, phone, etc.)
- Updated attestation
- DEA license, state medical license, malpractice insurance certificate, proof of board certification or upcoming exam (if applicable), CMEs for prior three (3) years (if not board-certified)
- Malpractice claims history
- Physician Assistants (PA’s) only- upload a current copy of the delegated agreement with the supervising physician and your scope of practice to your CAQH application.
- Additional details related to the Credentialing Alliance and some of the benefits you will see from it are listed below:,
- A single date that allows one recredentialing process to satisfy the recredentialing requirement for each of the participating plans with which you contract. That date is the earliest date you are set to be recredentialed by any of the participating plans. Following the initial alliance recredentialing event, your next recredentialing date will be set three (3) years out.
- For practitioner groups that are adding a new practitioner, you simply complete the common Practitioner Data Form once and send to each of the participating plans your group is contracted with. Practitioners must also make sure CAQH is updated and each of the participating plans that you are contracted with are approved to access your CAQH application. Please remember that adequately completing your CAQH application will help reduce credentialing timelines. Be sure to upload all supporting documents and that re-attestation is required every 120 days (reminders are sent out in the form of an email prior to expiration).
- If you are a new practitioner, ancillary or facility, complete the appropriate common data form (Practitioner or Organizational) once and send to the participating plan(s) you wish to contract with. Facility/ancillary providers must also complete the common facility application.
- If you are a practitioner that requires a site visit as part of the initial credentialing event (Primary Care Provider or Obstetrician) or a facility that requires a site visit as part of the initial credentialing event (facilities that are not accredited or surveyed), the participating plan(s) that you are requesting to contract with will have access to any site visit already performed under the alliance. If a site visit has already been performed by another participating plan in the Credentialing Alliance, another site visit will not be necessary. If no site visit has been performed by a participating plan in the AzAHP credentialing alliance, a single site visit will be performed as part of the initial credentialing event and made available to all participating plans.
- Please complete the applicable form(s) below and email the completed form(s) and attachments to our Network Management Team at:
- [email protected]
Practitioners
Contracting process
To be eligible to join the Mercy Care and Mercy Care Advantage networks as a contracted provider, you must do the following:
- Submit a potential provider Letter of Interest following the process outlined;
- Be directly contacted by a Network Management Representative with an approved Letter of Interest to join our network;
- Correctly and completely submit the credentialing application;
- Be fully credentialed by Mercy Care or Mercy Care Advantage;
- New providers will receive a Participating Health Provider Agreement (contract); and
- Sign and return all contract documents.
Upon completion of credentialing and full execution of contract documents, the provider will receive notice from the Mercy Care Network Development department with the effective date of participation, along with the fully executed contract (if it is a new contract).
Providers should not schedule or see Mercy Care members until they are notified of the participation effective date.
New providers receive written confirmation of their effective date with the health plan. Members may not be seen until the provider receives written confirmation that a request or change is approved and completed (this includes approval by the Credentialing Committee and signed contract, if applicable).
Refer to our Provider Manual for more detailed information. Contracted providers can find reimbursement information in their Mercy Care contracts. Non-contracted providers can refer to the AHCCCS fee schedule for reimbursement information.
Our Network Management department serves as a liaison between Mercy Care and the provider community. Network Management is responsible for training, maintaining and strengthening the provider network in accordance with regulations.
If you need to check on the status of a claim, please use our secure web portal. You may access the portal by clicking on the link in the top upper right hand corner of this web page under Find A Provider. You must be a registered user to access it. To register, please fill out our Registration Form. Please fax to the below number to start the process.
If you have questions regarding a processed claim, either paid or denied, please feel free to contact our Customer Service department at 602-263-3000 or 800-624-3879. Non-participating providers should contact our Customer Service department for all issues, in addition to claims issues.
You can fax directly to Network Management at 860-975-3201 the following information:
- Notifying the plan of changes to your practice
- Tax ID changes
- Recent practice or provider updates
- Termination from practice
- Web Portal Registration Form
Please feel free to contact our Network Management department for the following:
- Questions regarding the web portal Registration Form or to check on enrollment status
- Credentialing requirements
- Provider Education
You can reach our Network Management department by calling 602-263-3000 or 800-624-3879. For your convenience, below you can find a listing of your assigned Network Management representative, as well as their detailed contact information:
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As a reminder, please ensure that you have completed your required Cultural Competency training. If you are a Practitioner, please visit CAQH, update your information, and attest that it is accurate. Provider Groups and Facilities may visit our provider portal or call our National Provider Service Line at 800-397-1630 to share your individual provider information.
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Claims – General Information
If you have questions about claims in general, call (800) 888-3944.
Claims Submission/ Address
Reference the address on the member’s identification card, as the address may vary based on payment location.
Electronic Payment Solutions and Remittance Advice
Register for Payspan to receive direct deposit of provider payments and access remittance data 24/7.
Member Benefits, Eligibility, and Authorizations
If you have a question about authorization or benefits, call the (800) number on the back of the member’s identification card.
Member Customer Service
To reach Member Customer Service, call the (800) number on the back of the member’s identification card.
Provider Supporting Documentation
To send supporting documentation such as malpractice or insurance cover sheets please fax to (866) 612-7795
Regional Offices
If you have general questions and would like to contact Provider Relations in your region, visit the list of our regional offices.
Electronic Claims Submission/ EDI Helpdesk
If you have a technical question about ProviderConnect or EDI Claim Submission, please contact the EDI Helpdesk at:
Phone: (888) 247-9311 from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday Fax: (866) 698-6032 E-mail: [email protected] Mailing Address: Beacon Health Options
Attn: EDI Helpdesk
PO Box 1287
Latham, NY 12110Credentialing Status
To obtain information pertaining to your network status, contact our National Provider Line at (800) 397-1630 from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. ET.
Fraud and Abuse
Reports of fraud and abuse, or suspicions thereof, can be made in writing to:
Mailing Address: Beacon Health Options
ATTN: Special Investigations Unit
1400 Crossways Blvd
Suite 101
Chesapeake, VA 23320Clinical Appeals
To request a clinical appeal on a member’s behalf, call the (800) number included in the adverse determination letter you received.
Administrative Appeal
To request an administrative appeal, call the (800) number included in the administrative denial letter you received.
Complaints/Grievances
To file a complaint/grievance, call the (800) number on the back of the member’s identification card to speak to Customer Service.
Adverse Incident
Report all adverse incidents to the Clinical Care Manager with whom you conduct reviews.
Duty to Warn
Report all potential situations to the Clinical Care Manager with whom you conduct reviews.
Provider Coverage During Absences
Contact the Clinical Care Manager with whom you conduct reviews during absences (i.e. coverage while on vacation). Or call the number on the card to provide coverage information.
Changing your Provider Profile (e.g. Name, address)
The preferred method to updated your provider profile is to select the “Update Demographic Information” option in ProviderConnect. Please note: Updating a Tax ID requires an accompanying W-9 form, which can be accessed and attached through ProviderConnect.
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Medicare Claims
What Is a Medicare Claim?
Medicare claims ask Medicare or your insurer to pay for medical services or care you have received. In almost all cases, your doctor or a hospital where you received care will send the claim directly to Medicare if you are covered by Medicare Part A or Part B.
If you have a Medicare Advantage plan, there is no claim. The private companies that administer these plans are under contract with Medicare and are paid a set amount each month.
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When Do You Need to File a Medicare Claim?
You generally shouldn’t have to worry about filing a Medicare claim yourself. But in some rare cases, you may have to file one on your own.
In those cases, you must file a claim within 12 months of receiving medical care. If you miss that deadline, you may have to pay all the costs yourself.
You may have to file a claim yourself if you receive care from a nonparticipating Medicare medicare claim status phone number for providers or an opt-out provider.
- Participating Providers
- Health care providers that accept Medicare and also accept the Medicare-approved amount for particular medical services or supplies.
- Nonparticipating Providers
- Health care providers who accept Medicare patients but don’t agree to Medicare-approved prices. They may charge you up to 15 percent more than the approved cost.
- Opt-out Providers
- Health care providers who simply do not accept Medicare.
If you receive health care services from a provider who opts out of Medicare, you can file a claim for a Medicare reimbursement. It will cover only the approved amount Medicare pays for the service, so you may have to pay out-of-pocket medicare claim status phone number for providers Your Provider Doesn’t File in a Timely Manner
If the 12-month deadline to file a Medicare claim is approaching and your doctor hasn’t filed a claim for your care, you may have to file a Medicare claim yourself.
First you should contact the doctor or supplier and ask cheap apartments in edmond ok near uco to file a claim. If still they don’t, and the deadline is approaching, you should go ahead and file the claim yourself.
Check Your Claim Status
You should check your Medicare Summary Notice mailed to you every three months to see if claims have been filed for services or supplies you’ve received. You can also check the status at MyMedicare.gov. Check the deadline for filing your claim by calling 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227).
Source: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Filing an Appeal
If you file a claim and Medicare or your insurer denies it, you may file a Medicare appeal. There are five levels of appeals. If you fail at one level, you can usually appeal to the next higher one.
- When Medicare or your plan denies your request for a health care service, medical supply or drug you think should be covered, provided to you or continued.
- When Medicare or your plan denies your request for the medical service, product or drug that you already received.
- When Medicare or your plan denies your request to change the amount you pay for a service, product or drug.
Medicare also provides information on finding someone to help you file an appeal.
How to File a Medicare Claim
If you ever have to file a Medicare claim, you will need to fill out a special form and provide other detailed information to Medicare and/or your private insurer.
- A completed Patient’s Request for Medical Payment form you can download from the Medicare website.
- An itemized bill from your doctor, supplier or other health care provider.
- A detailed letter explaining the reasons why you are filing the claim such as why your health care provider refuses to file one, is unable to file one or if the provider is not enrolled in Medicare.
- Any supporting documentation for your claim.
Once you gather the documents and complete the form, you will mail the materials to a contractor in your state who handles claims. You can find the address on the second page of the Patient’s Request form or by logging into your account at MyMedicare.gov.
Did You Know?
If you want someone to call 1-800-MEDICARE on your behalf, and you want Medicare to release your personal information to them, you will need to fill out an Authorization to Disclose Personal Health Information.
Source: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Medicare Claim FAQs
There are three ways to check your Medicare claim status:
- Your Medicare Summary Notice that arrives every three months will show which claims have been filed.
- You can log on to your account at MyMedicare.gov.
- You can call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227).
Medicare will automatically send your claims to most Medigap insurers who will handle the payment. But some Medigap insurers will require you to file the claim with Medicare. If you do have to submit your own claim, you will need to send the insurer a Medicare Summary Notice that shows how much Medicare paid along with an invoice or receipt to show how much you paid out-of-pocket.
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Medical claim policies
Product | Phone | Fax | Hours |
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Commercial | 952-967-6633 / 866-429-1474 | 651-265-1230 | M-F, 9am-4pm CT |
Senior and Public | 952-883-7699 / 888-663-6464 | 952-883-7666 | M-F, 9am-4pm CT |
Dental | 651-265-1000 / 800-642-1323 | 651-265-1001 | M-F, 7am-5pm CT |
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Coverage and benefits
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Monday - Friday
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Product | Phone | Fax | TTY |
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Commercial | 952-883-5000 / 800-883-2177 | 952-883-5666 | 952-883-5127 / 888-850-4762 |
Medicare Cost | 952-883-7979 / 800-233-9645 | 952-883-7666 | 952-883-6060 / 800-443-0156 |
Medicare Advantage | 888-360-0544 | 952-883-7333 | 800-443-0156 |
MN Health Care Programs (MHCP) | 952-967-7998 / 866-885-8880 | 952-883-7666 | 952-883-6060 / 800-443-0156 |
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Check on the status of existing credentialing requests. Providers must already be contracted or working for a contracted provider to start the credentialing process.
- Please note that contracting requests are managed separately by the Contracting and Payer Relations department.
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Dental administration and contracting
Medical management
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General Medical Mgmt | 952-883-7888 / 877-499-7888 | 952-853-8713 |
Disease & Case Mgmt | 952-883-5469 / 800-871-9243 | 952-853-8745 |
Inpatient Case Mgmt | 952-883-6277 / 800-255-1886 x36277 | 952-853-8748 |
HealthPartners Connect | 952-883-5469 / 800-871-9243 | 952-853-8745 |
Hospital admission notification | 952-883-6400 / 800-316-9807 | 952-853-8705 |
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Prior authorization for services such as: procedures, habilitative, rehabilitation, skilled nursing facility, home care, hospice, personal care attendant, and dme. See prior authorization list for details.
952-883-6333 / 888-467-0774
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ACC Member Handbooks
You can request copies of the 2021 Mercy ACC Member Handbook. Just fill out the Mercy Care ACC Member Handbook Order Form and submit it to [email protected].
(Orders are processed on Fridays. Requests made on Thursdays after 5 p.m. will be processed the following week.)
Pima County providers
Mercy Care is proud to continue serving ALTCS, DDD and Mercy Care Advantage (MCA) members in Pima County. We remain contracted with AHCCCS to provide services to members enrolled in ALTCS, DDD and MCA. If you have any questions, you can contact your Network Management representative.
Fast, easy answers to your questions
Mercy Care’s new Interactive Voice Response, or IVR, system, makes it easy to get member and claims information 24/7. You can:
- Access member benefits and eligibility information
- Get answers to Frequently Asked Questions ‑ such as appeals address, payer ID, etc.
- Obtain claim status at header level
- Obtain claim status at line level
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- Request single claim information by fax
Find out more here.
Join our network
We appreciate your interest in joining Mercy Care’s network. We're committed to providing quality medical and behavioral health care services to our members. Mercy Care’s network is closed to most medical and behavioral health care providers. Currently, our network meets the needs of our membership and our letter of interest, contracting and credentialing processes help us achieve that goal.
AHCCCS (Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System) is Arizona’s Medicaid Managed Care Program. Mercy Care is contracted with AHCCCS to provide Medicaid covered benefits and services to Mercy Care members. Providers must register with the AHCCCS program to be eligible for payment reimbursement. Registered providers agree to abide by state laws and agree to accept the state Medicaid payment as payment in full. Arizona state law and your Mercy Care provider contract prohibits balance billing MC members for Medicaid covered services and benefits.
Letter of Interest process
Mercy Care’s network is closed to most medical and behavioral health care providers. Currently, our network meets the needs of our membership. However, our network is evaluated regularly; if it is determined the network need has changed and services provided by your organization are warranted, a Network Management Representative will contact you directly. You may submit a potential future provider letter of interest and W-9 Form for review. Please be advised that an additional request received within one year from the date of this letter of interest will be considered a duplicate and will receive an automatic “No Thank medicare claim status phone number for providers response. Behavioral Health providers should include a summary description of programs, including target populations and age categories, specific models of care/therapies used, along with frequency of programming treatment.
Credentialing process (Completed only after Letter of Interest approval)
Mercy Care is a member of the Arizona Association of Health Plans (AzAHP) and participates in the AzAHP Credentialing Alliance whose aim is to make the credentialing and recredentialing process easier by eliminating duplication of efforts and reducing administrative burden.
The Credentialing Alliance's streamlined process utilizes the Council medicare claim status phone number for providers Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) Universal Provider Datasource for all practitioner credentialing applications for all participating plans and a common paper application for all facility credentialing applications. The Credentialing Alliance also uses a common practitioner data form and organizational data form to collect information necessary for their contract review process and system loading requirements.
The Credentialing Alliance uses Aperture Credentialing for primary source verification (PSV) services for the alliance. Aperture performs the PSV once and shares the results with each participating plan that you authorize to receive it.
Practitioners only - go to https://proview.caqh.org/Login to complete or update your CAQH application with the following information:
- The location where you primarily practice
- Primary credentialing contact information (name, address, phone, etc.)
- Updated attestation
- DEA license, state medical license, malpractice insurance certificate, proof of board certification or upcoming exam (if applicable), CMEs for prior three unemployment reliacard customer service years (if not board-certified)
- Malpractice claims history
- Physician Assistants (PA’s) only- upload a current copy of the delegated agreement with the supervising physician and your scope of practice to your CAQH application.
- Additional details related to the Credentialing Alliance and some of the benefits you will see from it are listed below:,
- A single date that allows one recredentialing process to satisfy the recredentialing requirement for each of the participating plans with which you contract. That date is the earliest date you are set to be recredentialed by any of the participating plans. Following the initial alliance recredentialing event, your next recredentialing date will be set three (3) years out.
- For practitioner groups that are adding a new practitioner, you simply complete the common Practitioner Data Form once and send to each of the participating plans your group is contracted with. Practitioners must also make sure CAQH is updated and each of the participating plans that you are contracted with are approved to access your CAQH application. Please remember that adequately completing your CAQH application will help reduce credentialing timelines. Be sure to upload all supporting documents and that re-attestation is required every 120 days (reminders are sent out in the form of an email prior to expiration).
- If you are a new practitioner, ancillary or facility, complete the appropriate common data form (Practitioner or Organizational) once and send to the participating plan(s) you wish to contract with. Facility/ancillary providers must also complete the common facility application.
- If you are a practitioner that requires a medicare claim status phone number for providers visit as part of the initial credentialing event (Primary Care Provider or Obstetrician) or a facility that requires a site visit as part of the initial credentialing event (facilities that are not accredited or surveyed), the participating plan(s) that you are requesting to contract with will have access to any site visit already performed under the alliance. If a site visit has already been performed by another participating plan in the Credentialing Alliance, another site visit will not be necessary. If no site visit has been performed by a participating plan in the AzAHP credentialing alliance, a single site visit will be performed as part of the initial credentialing event and made available to all participating plans.
- Please complete the applicable form(s) below and email the completed form(s) and attachments to our Network Management Team at:
- [email protected]
Practitioners
Contracting process
To be eligible to join the Mercy Care and Mercy Care Advantage networks as a contracted provider, you must do the following:
- Submit a potential provider Letter of Interest following the process outlined;
- Be directly contacted by a Network Management Representative with an approved Letter of Interest to join our network;
- Correctly and completely submit the credentialing medicare claim status phone number for providers fully credentialed by Mercy Care or Mercy Care Advantage;
- New providers will receive a Participating Health Provider Agreement (contract); and
- Sign and return all contract documents.
Upon completion of credentialing and full execution of contract documents, the provider will receive notice from the Mercy Care Network Development department with the effective date of participation, along with the fully executed contract (if it is a new contract).
Providers should not schedule or see Mercy Care members until they are notified of the participation effective date.
New providers receive written confirmation of their effective date with the health plan. Members may not be seen until the provider receives written confirmation that a request or change is approved and completed (this includes approval by the Credentialing Committee and signed contract, if applicable).
Refer to our Provider Manual for more detailed information. Contracted providers can find reimbursement information in their Mercy Care contracts. Non-contracted providers can refer to the AHCCCS fee schedule for reimbursement information.
Our Network Management department serves as a liaison between Mercy Care and the provider community. Network Management is responsible for training, maintaining and strengthening the provider network in accordance with regulations.
If you need to check on the status of a claim, please use our secure web portal. You may access the portal by clicking on the link in the top upper right hand corner of this web page under Find A Provider. You must be a registered user to access it. To register, please fill out our Registration Form. Please fax to the below number to start the process.
If you have questions regarding a processed claim, either paid or denied, please feel free to contact our Customer Service department at 602-263-3000 or 800-624-3879. Non-participating providers should contact our Customer Service department for all issues, in addition to claims issues.
You can fax directly to Network Management at 860-975-3201 the following information:
- Notifying the plan of changes to your practice
- Tax ID changes
- Recent practice or provider updates
- Termination from practice
- Web Portal Registration Form
Please feel free to contact our Network Management department for the following:
- Questions regarding the web portal Registration Form or to check on enrollment status
- Credentialing requirements
- Provider Education
You can reach our Network Management department by calling 602-263-3000 or 800-624-3879. For your convenience, below you can find a home building savings bank washington your assigned Network Management representative, as well as their detailed contact information:
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