2012-038 Human Resources - Delta Dental Claims & Administrative fees

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would like considered about your claim. This inquiry is not required, and it should not be considered a formal request for review of a denied claim. Delta Dental provides this opportunity for you to describe problems and submit information that might indicate that your claim was improperly denied and allow Delta Dental to correct this error quickly. Formal Disputed Claims Procedure Whether or not you have asked Delta Dental informally, as described above, to recheck its initial determination, you can submit your claim to a formal review through the Disputed Clanns Procedure described here. To request a fornial dispute of your claim, you must send your request in writing to: Dental Director Delta Dental P.O. Boz 30416 Lansing, Michigan 48909-7916 You must include your name and address, the Subscriber's Member ID number, the reason you believe your claim was wrongly denied, and any other inforniation you believe supports your claim, and indicate in your letter that you are requesting a formal dispute of your claim. You also have the right to review the Plan and any documents related to it. If you would like a record of your request and proof that it was received by Delta Dental, you should mail it certified mail, return receipt requested. You or your authorized representative should seek a review as soon as possible, but you must file your dispute within 180 days of the date on which you receive your notice of the adverse benefit determination. If you are disputing an adverse deternunation of a Concurrent Care Claim, you will have to do so as soon as possible so that you may receive a decision on review before the course of treatment you are seeking to extend ternunates. The Dental Director or any other person(s) reviewing your claim will not be the same as, nor will they be subordinate to, the person(s) who initially decided your claim. The Dental Director will grant no deference to the prior decision about your claim. Instead, he will assess the information, including any additiona.l information that you have provided, as if he were deciding the claim for the first time. The Dental Director will make his decision within 30 days of receiving your request for the review of Pre- Service Claims and within 60 days for Post-Service Claims. If your claim is denied on review (in whole or in part), you will be notified in writing. The notice of any adverse determination by the Dental Director will (a) inform you of the specific reason(s) for the denial, (b) list the pertinent Plan provision(s) on which the denial is based, (c) contain a description of any additional infoimation or material that is needed to decide the claim and an explanation of why such information is needed, (d) reference any internal rule, guideline, or protocol that was relied on in making the decision on review and inform you that a copy can be obtained upon request at no charge, (e) contain a statement that you are entitled to receive, upon request and at no cost, reasonable access to and copies of the documents, records, and other information relevant to the Dental Director's decision to deny your claim (in whole or in part), and ( fl contain a statement that you may seek to have your claim paid by bringing a civil action in court if it is denied again on dispute. If the Dental Director's adverse determination is based on an assessment of inedical or dental judgment or necessity, the notice of his adverse deternunation will e~lain the scientific or clinical judgment on which the determination was based or include a statement that a copy of the basis for that judgment can be obtained upon request at no charge. If the Dental Director consulted medical or dental experts in the appropriate specialty, the notice will contain the name(s) of those expert(s). If your claim is denied in whole or in part a.fter you have completed this required Disputed Claixns Procedure, or if Delta Dental fails to comply with any of the deadlines contained therein, you have the right to seek to have your claim paid by filing a civil action in court. However, you will not be able to do so unless you have completed the review described above. If you wish to file your claim in court, you must do so within one year of the date on which you receive notice of the fmal denial of your claim. X. Termination of Coverage Delta Dental must give your employer or organization at least 45 days advance notice of cancellation, expiration, non-renewal, or a change in rates. In the event Delta Dental chooses to terminate the Plan due to nonpayment of premium, Delta Dental will give your employer or organization notice of the termination within 45 days after the premium due date. The effective date of such ternunation shall be the first day of the period for which the prexnium is due and not paid. Form No. 1752-NC 15 NCPPOpIus-A 01 /2012