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Industry Notes:

Don't Neglect Technicalities In Appeals Requests

Published on Tue Mar 15, 2011

Don't let operational glitches trip up your appeals request. For example, in addition to the name of the person filing the claim, the person's signature is required, NGS instructs on its website. And you shouldn't use a highlighter to mark through pertinent sections, NGS says. "The imaged record appears blacked out with a marker rather than a highlighter."
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