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Denial Management & A/R

Turn denials into recovered revenue

Helix works every denial to root cause, appeals fast and aggressively pursues aged A/R — overturning 70%+ of the denials we touch and pulling back revenue stuck in your aging report.

70%+ denials overturned

Worked to resolution, not just resubmitted.

Root-cause analytics

We fix the source so denials stop recurring.

Aged-A/R recovery sprints

90+, 120+ and 180+ buckets pursued by payer.

Timely-filing watch

Claims worked before appeal windows close.

What's included

From denial to dollars

Every denial is triaged, worked and traced back to its cause so it doesn't happen again.

01

Denial triage

Denials sorted by payer, reason code and dollar value, then prioritized for fastest recovery.

02

Root-cause analysis

We trace each denial to its source — coding, eligibility, auth or documentation.

03

Appeals & corrections

Corrected claims and payer-specific appeal letters filed with supporting records.

04

Aged-A/R recovery

Focused sprints work old claims before timely-filing windows close.

05

Prevention feedback

Findings feed back into scrubbing rules so the pattern stops repeating.

06

Reporting

Live denial dashboards by reason code, payer and recovery rate.

Denial playbook

The denials we beat every day

CO-197

No prior authorization

Service required an auth that wasn't obtained or wasn't on file.

Helix fix: retro-auth requests where allowed, plus eligibility/auth checks that prevent the next one.
CO-29

Timely filing expired

Claim submitted after the payer's filing deadline.

Helix fix: appeals with proof of timely submission; aging worked before windows close.
CO-16

Missing info

Claim lacks a required field, code or attachment.

Helix fix: RARC decoded, the exact missing element corrected, and the claim re-filed clean.
CO-50

Not medically necessary

Service fails the payer's LCD/NCD coverage criteria.

Helix fix: documentation-backed appeals citing coverage policy and supporting dx.
STEP 01

Triage

Denials ranked by payer, reason and recoverable dollars.

STEP 02

Diagnose

Root cause identified — coding, auth, eligibility or docs.

STEP 03

Appeal

Corrected claims and appeal packets filed with evidence.

STEP 04

Prevent

Root cause fed back into scrubbing to stop repeats.

Proof, not promises

Recovered revenue, real numbers

Pinnacle Spine & Pain
7-provider pain group · Georgia
DenialsA/R Recovery
76%
denials overturned
−71%
denial rate in 120 days
$512K
aged A/R recovered
23
days in A/R (from 58)

"We had a half-million dollars rotting in our aging report and a denial rate nobody could explain. Helix found the patterns and went and got the money."

Challenge

Prior-auth and medical-necessity denials on injections and blocks were piling up, with $512K in claims aging past 90 days and timely-filing windows starting to close.

Solution

Helix ran a 120-day recovery sprint — working denials by payer and reason code, filing documentation-backed appeals, and feeding root causes back into the auth and scrubbing workflow.

Outcome

76% of worked denials were overturned, the denial rate fell 71%, A/R days dropped to 23, and $512K in aged claims was recovered before filing deadlines lapsed.

Representative composite based on Helix engagement outcomes. Individual results vary.

SC
Southcreek Internal Medicine
10-provider group · Kansas
73%
denials overturned
$184K
A/R recovered
"They worked claims our own team had already given up on — and actually got them paid."
Result: $184K pulled from the 120+ bucket.
EC
Evergreen Cardiology
6-provider group · Oregon
−64%
recurring denials
19
days in A/R (from 41)
"Fixing the root cause meant the same denials stopped coming back. That was the real win."
Result: +$33K/mo in recovered collections.
Questions

Denial & A/R FAQ

What denial rate is normal?
Industry first-pass denial rates average around 11–12%. We work denials to root cause and target a sustained rate below 3% while overturning 70%+ of the denials we appeal.
Can you recover old A/R?
Yes. We run focused recovery projects on 90+, 120+ and 180+ buckets, working claims by payer and root cause before timely-filing windows close.
Do you only resubmit, or actually appeal?
We do both — correct and resubmit where that's the fix, and file full payer-specific appeals with supporting documentation when the denial warrants it.

Revenue stuck in your aging report?

Get a free A/R review and we'll show you what's recoverable and what's driving your denials.

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