- DENIALS & APPEALS
Turn Denied Claims Into Recovered Revenue — Then Stop the Repeats
Most practices appeal too few denials and re-experience the same ones monthly. We work every denial to resolution and feed root-cause data back into your workflow so the same denial doesn’t come back.
- 95%+ Successful appeal rate
- 15%+ Denial rate reduction
- Root-cause Analysis on every trend
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A Core Axis specialist will reach out within one business day.
- REVENUE REALITY CHECK
Is This Costing Your Practice Revenue Right Now?
Most practices carry these problems for years without measuring what they cost. Here’s where the money usually goes.
~65%
Denials never worked
Many practices appeal only a fraction of denials — the rest is simply lost revenue.
Monthly
Repeat offenders
The same reason codes recur because nobody fixes the root cause.
Closed
Missed appeal windows
Payer deadlines pass quietly, and with them your right to the money.
Untracked
No payer accountability
Nobody's watching which payers deny what — so the pattern continues.
- WHAT'S INCLUDED
Everything This Service Covers
Delivered by a dedicated team, inside your systems, with fully HIPAA-compliant data handling.
Denial Triage
Every denial is categorized by reason code and routed to the fastest resolution path.
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Corrected Claim Resubmission
Fixable denials — data, coding, modifier issues — corrected and refiled immediately.
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Formal Appeals
Medical-necessity and policy denials appealed with documentation and payer-specific arguments.
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Root-Cause Analytics
Denial patterns traced to their source: registration, coding, authorization, or payer behavior.
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Prevention Playbooks
Findings become front-end rule changes so prevented denials never occur again.
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Payer Trend Monitoring
Emerging payer edits and policy shifts flagged before they hit your revenue.
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- WHY IT MATTERS
Built to Protect Your Revenue
A denial is data. Appealing it recovers this month’s revenue; understanding it protects every month after. We do both, systematically.
Industry surveys repeatedly find that a majority of denied claims are never worked at all — yet most denials are recoverable when appealed properly. That combination means the average practice is abandoning money that a disciplined process would collect. Denials don’t get worked because appeals are tedious, deadlines are short, and nobody owns the queue.
But recovery is only half the value. Every denial is a data point: it tells you exactly where your revenue cycle is failing, whether that’s registration, coding, authorization, or a payer quietly changing its rules. A practice that appeals denials without analyzing them is mopping the floor while the tap runs.
Our process does both. Every denial is triaged and worked within payer deadlines, with a 95%+ success rate on appeals. Then root-cause analysis feeds the findings upstream — front-end rules change, documentation gaps close, payer trends get flagged — so this month’s denial doesn’t become every month’s denial. Recovery pays for today; prevention pays forever.
- OUR PROCESS
How We Deliver Denial Management Services, From Day One
Switching sounds disruptive. Our onboarding is designed so it isn’t — with zero revenue interruption during transition.
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- Step 1
Capture
Denials are pulled daily from remittances and payer portals into one worklist.
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- Step 2
Analyze
Each denial is classified by root cause and recovery likelihood.
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- Step 3
Act
Corrections, appeals, and reconsiderations are filed within payer deadlines.
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- Step 4
Prevent
Monthly root-cause reports drive workflow fixes upstream.
- PERFORMANCE COMPARISON
In-House vs Core Axis The Real Numbers
The question isn’t whether outsourcing costs money — it’s whether your current setup is costing you more.
Metric
Typical In-House Setup
Core Axis Healthcare
Annual cost
Clean claim rate
Denial rate
Days in A/R
Coverage
Scalability
Technology
Compliance
Reporting
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Clean claim rate
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Denial rate
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Days in A/R
Typical In-House Setup
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Coverage
Typical In-House Setup
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Scalability
Typical In-House Setup
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Technology
Typical In-House Setup
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Compliance
Typical In-House Setup
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Reporting
Typical In-House Setup
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- SPECIALTY EXPERTISE
Specialty-Specific Expertise for Every Practice Type
Every specialty has its own code sets, modifier rules, and denial triggers. Our specialists are trained in yours — across 50+ specialties.
Cardiology
Orthopedics
Dermatology
Neurology
Gastroenterology
Radiology
OB/GYN
Pediatrics
Physical Therapy
Pain Management
Internal Medicine
Behavioral Health
- INTEGRATIONS
EHR & Practice Management Platforms We Work With
- Epic
- athenahealth
- eClinicalWorks
- Kareo / Tebra
- AdvancedMD
- DrChrono
- NextGen
- Allscripts
- Greenway
- Practice Fusion
- Office Ally
- SimplePractice
- TherapyNotes
- CareCloud
- Athena One
- ModMed
- A/R RECOVERY
Simple Pricing. Everything Included.
- Aging Analysis & Prioritization
- Payer Status Follow-Up
- Stalled Claim Resolution
- Underpayment Recovery
- Old A/R Cleanup Projects
- Patient Balance Workflows
- Dedicated account manager
- Monthly performance reporting
Custom
A simple percentage-of-collections rate quoted for your practice — everything included, nothing hidden.
- No Setup Fees
- No Hidden Costs
- No Long-Term Lock-In
- HIPAA + BAA
- DATA PROTECTION
Your Patient Data, Protected at Every Step
HIPAA Compliant
Every workflow operates under HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule safeguards for PHI.
Encrypted Data
Patient information travels and rests only through encrypted, access-controlled channels.
BAA Provided
A signed Business Associate Agreement is in place before we touch a single record.
Audited Processes
Regular internal audits and staff screening keep our security posture current.
- SUPPORT CENTER
Denial Management Services: Your Questions Answered
What's your appeal success rate?
We win 95%+ of the claims we appeal by matching payer-specific arguments with complete supporting documentation.
How quickly are denials worked?
Denials are pulled from remittances daily, triaged by root cause, and corrected or appealed well within payer deadlines — which we track on every claim.
Do you prevent future denials too?
Yes. Monthly root-cause reports identify whether denials start at registration, coding, or authorization, and we implement upstream fixes so they stop recurring.
Can you review our old denials?
Absolutely. Historical denials are assessed for recoverability, and everything still within appeal windows gets worked.
Your Patients Need Your Attention. Your Billing Needs Ours.
Stop losing revenue to problems nobody has time to chase. Request your free billing audit and see exactly where your revenue cycle stands.
- Revenue recovered from claims others abandon
- Appeal deadlines never missed
- Denial rate that trends down, not sideways
- Visibility into which payers deny what
- Front-end fixes that compound over time
- Documentation ready for payer disputes