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Why might a primary care physician within an HMO network deny a patient request for a direct referral to a specific subspecialist, and what is the formal appeal process?
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Why might a primary care physician within an HMO network deny a patient request for a direct referral to a specific subspecialist, and what is the formal appeal process?
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US HMO denied referral specialist internal appeal external review patient rights CMS healthcare.gov ERISA Virginia 2026Google ↗
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- Internal appeals · healthcare.gov
- Appealing Health Plan Decisions · cms.gov
- Has Your Health Insurer Denied Payment for a Medical Service? You Have a Right to Appeal · cms.gov
- External Review · healthcare.gov
- Action plan: Health insurance plan denied a claim · cms.gov
- Virginia SCC · scc.virginia.gov
- 2024 Report Claims - Complaints · scc.virginia.gov
- Appealing Denials · cms.gov