• General Information
  • Introduction
  • Usual and Customary Charges
  • Acceptance of Payment
    • Introduction
    • Maximum Allowable Fees
• Submission Deadline
  • Introduction
  • Medicaid Claims
  • Crossover Claims
  • Exceptions to the Submission Deadline
• Claims Submission
  • Introduction
  • Transactions and Forms
  • Submission Options
    • Introduction
    • Electronic Claims
    • Paper Claims
  • Copayment Amounts
  • State-Contracted Managed Care Organizations
    • Introduction
    • Extraordinary Claims
  • Noncertified Providers
• Responses to Claims Submission
  • Introduction
  • Claim Number
  • Remittance Information
    • Introduction
    • Electronic Remittance Information
    • Paper Remittance and Status Report
  • Verifying Accuracy of Claims Processing
    • Introduction
    • Split Claims May Appear Separately
  • Verifying the Check Amount on Remittance and Status Reports
  • Claim Status
• Adjustment Requests
  • Introduction
  • Electronic Adjustment Requests
    • Introduction
    • Provider Electronic Solutions Software
  • Paper Adjustment Requests
  • Follow-Up to Adjustment Requests
• Good Faith Claims
• Timely Filing Appeals Requests
• Overpayments
  • Introduction
  • Return of Overpayments Through Adjustment Requests
    • Introduction
    • Electronic Adjustment Requests
    • Paper Adjustment Requests
  • Return of Overpayments with Cash Refunds
  • Adjustment Request vs. Cash Refund
  • Medicaid-Initiated Adjustments
• Appendix
  • Appendix 1 — Allowable Exceptions to the Submission Deadline
  • Appendix 2 — Interpreting Claim Numbers
  • Appendix 3 — Sample Remittance and Status Report
  • Appendix 4 — Reading the Remittance and Status Report
  • Appendix 5 — Reading Adjustments on the Remittance and Status Report
  • Appendix 6 — Adjustment/ Reconsideration Request Completion Instructions
  • Appendix 7 — Adjustment/ Reconsideration Request Form
  • Appendix 8 — Explanation of Benefits Codes That Qualify for Good Faith Claims Submission
  • Appendix 9 — Timely Filing Appeals Request Form
  • Appendix 10 — Claim Refund Completion Instructions
  • Appendix 11 — Claim Refund Form
• PDF

Claims Information

Responses to Claims Submission

Verifying the Check Amount on Remittance and Status Reports

To properly balance recipient accounts, it is important to understand how to read and verify R/S Reports. Follow these steps when verifying the amount of the check sent with an R/S Report:

• When verifying an R/S Report without recoupments, add all claim type subtotals. This total equals the total paid (amount of the check) on the R/S Report.
• When verifying an R/S Report with recoupments, the following steps should be taken:
• Add all claim type subtotals.
• Add all EOB “601” (“receivable established for balance of $XX.XX which will be withheld from future payment”) deductions into the subtotal.
• Subtract all EOB “331” (“payment reduced due to an adjustment of the following claim - ICN: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX”) amounts, which are found at the end of the report, from the paid claims total.

The result of this formula equals the total paid on the R/S Report.

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