News from Alberta Health Re Medical Billing

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Time Limit for Claims
Feb 20, 2020

Effective March 31, 2020, the time limit for practitioners to submit claims to the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan (AHCIP) for services provided in Alberta changes from 180 days to 90 days. See bulletin Gen-123

Good Faith Policy Changes
Feb 20, 2020

Effective March 31, 2020, Alberta Health will not make payment in good faith for claims submitted for services rendered when the eligibility of a patient is not verified or for services rendered in a hospital setting when the Alberta Personal Health Number (PHN) is not present or the coverage is not verified through Netcare. See bulletin Gen-122

Other Issues

Ongoing

Alberta Health is reporting: Due to technical difficulties, some claim submissions received on a Thursday are not being processed by the 4:30 pm deadline. In order to ensure that your submissions are processed on time, we strongly recommend submitting prior to 4:30 pm on Wednesdays. We apologize for any inconvenience and we are working to get this issue resolved. H-Link Administration (Posted On: 2015/05/04)