If you are in the Original Medicare Plan, providers (e.g., hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, and physicians) and suppliers are required by law to file Medicare claims for covered services and supplies that you receive. You should not need to file any Medicare claims. Medicare claims must be filed within one full calendar year following the year in which the services were provided. For example, if you see your physician on March 22, 2004, the Medicare claim for that visit must be filed by December 31, 2005. For more information: http://www.medicare.gov/Basics/FAC.asp
What is mailing address for Medicare claim forms
A Medicare Health Insurance Claim Form
where to mail form cms-1490s
Paper medical bills are referred to as HCFA-1500 forms, however Medicare no longer accepts paper bills from providers, all billing must be submitted via electronic claim form. If you are asking this question as the patient, your provider should be the one submitting the bill for reimbursement from Medicare.
Your medicare Physician
All information relevant on a HCFA (HealthClaimForm 1500).Standard form, all providers use.
To file a medicare claim yourself you go to the cms.hhs.gov and click on the CMS forms. Print out the 1490S form with the instructions and review information at medicare.gov/basics/fac.asp on how to file a claim. Before you take these steps you must call 1-800-Medicare and ask them how much time do you have to file this claim. Depending on what the service was you could have from 15 to 27 months.
To file a Medicare claim yourself, you will need to print out and complete the form called Patient’s Request for Medical Payment, Form CMS 1490S. The form is available for download on cms.hhs.gov in the CMS Forms section. Once there, you will need to do three things: (1) print out the 1490S form; (2) select and print out the applicable instructions; and (3) if you have any questions contact Medicare at 1-800-medicare.
Your medicare Physician
No. This is false. - A Medicare participating provider can not decide to accept assignment on a claim-by-claim basis. The provider registers with Medicare as a provider that will accept assignment and must accept assignment on all patients.
A physician is reimbursed 80% when accepting a Medicare claim.
A Medicare attorney is the best choice for general Medicare claims. If you specifically have a claim that has been denied, there are even lawyers who specialize in denied claim cases, frequently referred to as denied claims attorneys.