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Denials, appeals & recovery

Plain-English guides to the denial codes and appeal workflows that quietly drain revenue from independent medical practices.

Revenue Recovery

Revenue Leakage: The Hidden Cost of Small-Balance Denials

Revenue leakage is earned money you never collect. Learn where it hides (silent denials, underpayments, small-balance write-offs) and how to find and stop it in your medical practice.

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Revenue Recovery

Medical Billing Silent Denials: What They Are and How to Catch Them

A silent denial is a line denied or short-paid inside an otherwise-paid claim, so nothing flags it. Learn how to detect silent denials in your 835/ERA and recover the money.

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Revenue Recovery

How to Appeal Sub-$100 Medical Claims (Without Losing Money)

Small claims are denied as often as big ones but rarely appealed because it costs more than they're worth. Learn how to work sub-$100 denials profitably with triage, templates, batching, and automation.

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Denial Codes

CO-97 Denial Code: What It Means and How to Appeal It

CO-97 means a payer bundled this service into another already-paid line. Learn what the CO-97 denial code means, why it happens, and how to appeal it to recover the payment.

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Denial Codes

PR-96 Denial Code: Non-Covered Charges, Explained

PR-96 means non-covered charges assigned to patient responsibility. Learn what PR-96 means, when you can bill the patient, when to appeal, and how it differs from CO-96.

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Denial Codes

CO-45 Denial Code: The Adjustment That Hides Underpayments

CO-45 means the charge exceeded the allowed amount, usually a routine contractual write-off. Learn when CO-45 is normal and when it conceals a recoverable underpayment below your contracted rate.

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Contingency-based

Stop writing off the denials too small to chase by hand

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