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Medical - State Exceptions to Timely Dispute Filing Rule

In the absence of an exception below, Aetna's 180 day dispute filing standard will apply.

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State Abbrv. Exception Applies To Time Allowed to File an Initial Claim Payment Dispute
Arizona AZ All providers -- participating and nonparticipating 1 year
California HMO CA All providers -- participating and nonparticipating, when the request relates to an HMO member and the date of service is on/after 1-1-04 365 days
Colorado CO All providers -- participating and nonparticipating 12 months
Florida FL All Practitioners -- participating and nonparticipating 12 months
Georgia GA All providers -- participating and nonparticipating 12 months
Indiana IN All providers -- participating and nonparticipating, effective with claims paid on or after 7/1/06 2 years (from claim payment date)
Iowa IA All providers -- participating and nonparticipating 2 years
Kentucky KY participating providers Only 2 years
Maryland MD All providers -- participating and nonparticipating 365 days
New Jersey NJ All providers -- applies to post service claims appeals submitted by participating and nonparticipating licensed providers using the state prescribed “Health Care Provider Application to Appeal a Claims Determination” 18 months from the date of the first payment on a claim
North Carolina NC All providers -- participating and nonparticipating 2 years from the original claim payment
Ohio OH All providers -- participating and nonparticipating 2 years
Oklahoma OK All providers -- participating and nonparticipating 2 years
Rhode Island RI All providers -- participating and nonparticipating 2 years
Tennessee TN All providers -- participating and nonparticipating 18 months
Washington WA All Listed providers -- participating and nonparticipating, effective 1/1/06 24 months (or 30 months for COB issues)


State Abbrv. Exception Applies To Time Allowed to File & Pursue a Dispute
Texas TX All participating providers and nonparticipating providers who are paid on a participating basis (examples include an emergency situation, a network inadequacy issue, a nonparticipating provider who is pre-approved by Aetna or a hospital-based physician who is a nonparticipating provider but provides services at a participating facility) 4 years for claims and non-claims issues -- (complaints are handled as appeals in TX)
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