Electronic Claim Submitters: Cutoff Time for Claims Filing

Electronic claims received after 3:30 Central Time (4:30 Eastern Time) will be considered received on the next business day. For example, claims received on Friday at 5:45 Eastern Time will be considered received on the following Monday. If the following Monday is a holiday then the claims will not be considered received until Tuesday.

Cahaba GBA will be closed New Year’s Day, on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. Claims submitted to meet filing timeliness deadlines must be submitted no later than 3:30 p.m. Central Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) on Monday, December 31, 2012 to be considered submitted in 2012. Claims received after the cut-off time on December 31, 2012 will not be considered received until Wednesday, January 2, 2013. If you submit your claims to us through a billing service or clearing house you will need to allow additional time, since your clearing house or billing service must first receive the claims from you before submitting them to us. Check with your clearing house or billing service to find out when they would submit your claims to Medicare.

Please visit the Cahaba GBA website at www.cahabagba.com for more information.