Health Care

Timely Filing Limits for all Insurances

Timely filing limits for some of the important insurances like Aetna timely filing limit, Medicare timely filing, BCBS timely filing, UHC, Cigna timely filing limits and many more in the following table.

InsurancesTimely Filing Limit for all Insurances 2019
AARP15 Months
Advantage Care6 Months
Advantage Freedom2 Years
Aetna timely filing120 Days
Ameri health ADM Local 3601 Year
American Life and Health12 Months
American Progressive1 Year
Amerigroup90 Days for Participating Providers or 12 months for Non Participating Providers
Amerihealth ADM TPA1 Year
AmeriHealth NJ & DE60 Days
Arbazo180 Days
Bankers Life15 Months
BCBS timely filing for Commercial/Federal180 Days from Initial Claims or if its secondary 60 Days from Primary EOB
BCBS COVERKIDS120 Days
BCBS Florida timely filing12 Months
BeechStreet90 Days
Benefit Trust Fund1 year from Medicare EOB
Blue Advantage HMO180 Days
Blue Cross PPO1 Year
Blue Essential180 Days
Blue Premier180 Days
Blue Shield timely filing1 Year
Blue shield High Mark60 Days
Cigna timely filing (Commercial Plans)90 Days for Participating Providers or 180 Days for Non Participating Providers
Cigna HealthSprings (Medicare Plans)120 Days
Citrus1 Year
Coventry180 Days
Evercare60 Days
First Health3 Months
GHI1 Year
Great West90 Days
Great West15 Months
Healthcare Partners90 Days
Healthnet HMO90 Days
Healthnet PPO120 Days
Horizon NJ Plus365 Days
Humana180 Days for Physicians or 90 Days for facilities or ancillary providers
Humana27 Months
ILWU3 Years
Keystone Health Plan East60 Days
Local 831 Health1 year
Magna Care6 Months
Marilyn Electro IND. Benefit Fund1 Year
Medicaid95 Days
Medicare1 Year
Mega Life and Health15 Months
Memorial IPA90 Days
Monarch IPA90 Days
Mutual of Omaha1 year
NASI2 Years
Omnicare IPA90 Days
One Healthplan15 Months
Operating Engineers1 Year
Pacific Health Care IPA90 Days
Pioneer Medical Group60 Days
Polk Community Health Care180 Days
Prospect Medical Group90 Days
PUP180 Days
Quality Health Plan1 Year
Secure Hoizons90 Days
Sun180 Days
Tricare12 Months
UFCW1 year
UHC Community120 Days
Unicare24 Months
United Health Care - UHC COMMERCIAL90 Days
Veterans Admin90 Days
Vista120 Days
Wellcare180 Days

Timely Filing Limit:

It is the time limit set by the insurance companies to submit the initial claims for the services rendered to their subscribers. It is calculated from the date service provided. If suppose claims submitted after the time frame from the DOS, claims will be denied as untimely filing. So it is better to know the time frames to submit the initial claims within a time frame.

Time frame usually depends on the insurance company and above is the list of timely filing limits of all insurance companies.

In this post you have seen Aetna timely filing limit, Medicare, BCBS and Cigna timely filing limit. Please let me know if anything needs to be updated or add any insurance timely filing limits in the comments box below.