Appeals

Denials should return with a path, not a pile of rework.

AuthQuire reads the denial, finds the missing evidence, drafts the appeal letter, and prepares a peer-to-peer brief — all inside the same reviewable workspace.

  • Denial reason parsed and tied to payer policy
  • Appeal letter drafted with source citations
  • Peer-to-peer brief prepared for the treating clinician
Denial letter and appeal prep materials organized for staff review.
  • Denial
  • Gap
  • Draft
  • P2P
  • Review
Denial reason reader

Read the denial as three things: code, requirement, gap.

Denial code
CO-50

Non-covered services because this is not deemed a "medical necessity" by the payer.

Requirement missed
Conservative therapy duration not documented

Payer policy requires six weeks of supervised PT in the prior 12 months.

Evidence gap
PT notes 02-04 → 03-15 exist

Submission did not include the dated note range. Source is on file and ready to cite.

Appeal draft

Source-cited draft, editable section by section.

Appeal letter · draft v2
Re: Authorization #A-4471 — denial CO-50

We respectfully request reconsideration of the above determination. The member completed six weeks of supervised physical therapy (02-04 → 03-15) with persistent radicular symptoms, as documented in the attached PT notes. Imaging on 03-14 demonstrates L4–L5 disc protrusion consistent with the clinical presentation, satisfying payer policy PA-217.4.

SourcesPT 02-04 → 03-15MRI 03-14Policy PA-217.4Ortho consult 03-18
Editable sections
  • Clinical summaryDrafted
  • Conservative therapyDrafted
  • Imaging findingsDrafted
  • Policy citationDrafted
  • Closing & signatureAwaiting reviewer
Peer-to-peer brief

The clinician walks into the call with a brief, not a stack.

Conservative treatment timeline
  1. 02-04
    PT initiated, 2x weekly
  2. 02-25
    Home exercise program added
  3. 03-15
    PT discharge — persistent symptoms
  4. 03-18
    Specialist evaluation
ROM values
Flexion
42°
Extension
12°
Lateral
18°
Prior imaging
MRI lumbar spine · 03-14 — L4–L5 disc protrusion.
Physician talking points
  • Anchor on completed conservative care (six weeks).
  • Tie imaging to the requested CPT under policy PA-217.4.
  • State the functional impact in ROM values, not adjectives.
AuthQuire drafts and organizes. Staff and clinicians review and submit.

Appeal letters, peer-to-peer briefs, and supporting evidence are assembled inside the queue. Nothing leaves your workspace until a named reviewer — and, where required, the treating clinician — signs off.

Give denied requests a path back to determination.