Revenue Cycle & Payments
Timely Filing Limits: The Deadlines That Silently Cost Practices Money
Miss a payer's filing deadline and the claim is denied with no appeal in most cases. Here is how to track limits and build a safety net.
The silent write-off
Timely filing denials are among the few denials you generally cannot appeal once the window closes — for many commercial payers that is 90 to 180 days, and Medicare has its own calendar. Practices rarely notice the loss because it shows up as an unexplained write-off, not a report.
A single missed payer changeover can strand thousands of dollars in claims.
Build the safety net
Maintain a payer matrix of filing limits and review it every quarter — payers change terms with contracts.
Track claims by age weekly, not monthly, so at-risk claims surface while there is still time to fix them.
Route rejections, not just denials, into a work queue; a rejected claim never started the clock correctly and still needs attention.
How Precision helps
Our AR Rescue team works aged claims in bulk, identifies what is salvageable before deadlines pass, and reports exactly what was recovered — so nothing expires quietly again.
This article is for general information and is not legal advice. Rules change often — confirm current requirements with CMS, your payers, or counsel.