Guidelines for Writing Appeals Correspondence

290 - Guidelines for Writing Appeals Correspondence (Rev. 1274, Issued: 06-29-07, Effective: 07-01-07, Implementation: 10-01-07) The guidelines in this section are to be used when preparing appeals correspondence, which includes redeterminations decisions and inquiries about the status of appeals. These shall be handled as expeditiously as possible without lowering the quality of the response. General instructions on responding to beneficiary and provider/supplier communications are found in CMS Medicare Pub. 100-09. All other CMS-issued instructions on correspondence guidelines apply as well, including instructions on correspondence letterhead requirements.