# Humana timely filing limit for dental claims

> What is the timely filing limit for dental claims with Humana, and how long do you have to correct or appeal? Verdict: Program-specific windows.

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Payer of record: Humana Dental

Last verified: 2026-08-30

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## Direct answer

There is no single filing window for Humana Dental. The windows are public in Humana's own Dental Provider Manual, split by product line: “On most fully insured commercial products, claims must be submitted within 15 months from the date of service and Medicare claims must be submitted within 12 months from the date of service.” Corrected claims: No corrected-claim deadline is published; Humana's Q4 provider newsletter only explains marking a claim “Replacement of Prior Claim” in the Availity claim tool. Written appeal (grievance-and-appeal form): The deadline is not a published number — Humana's manual sets it at “the time limits set forth in the dental insurance policy … or the time frame established by applicable state law.” Provider contracts and plan documents override published manuals — the contract number controls. Last verified 2026-08-30.

## Filing windows

- **Initial claims:** Varies — The windows are public in Humana's own Dental Provider Manual, split by product line: “On most fully insured commercial products, claims must be submitted within 15 months from the date of service and Medicare claims must be submitted within 12 months from the date of service.” (Published openly)
- **Corrected claims:** No public number — No corrected-claim deadline is published; Humana's Q4 provider newsletter only explains marking a claim “Replacement of Prior Claim” in the Availity claim tool. (No public statement found)
- **Records requests:** No public number — No records-request window appears anywhere in the four public Humana documents the verifier read. (No public statement found)
- **Recoupment:** 60 days — not a look-back cap — after an overpayment letter, providers get 60 days to refund by check “before Humana begins standard recoupment” (Published openly)

## Appeals

- **Written appeal (grievance-and-appeal form):** No public number — The deadline is not a published number — Humana's manual sets it at “the time limits set forth in the dental insurance policy … or the time frame established by applicable state law.”
  - Route: Mail: Humana Grievance and Appeals, P.O. Box 14638, Lexington, KY 40512-4638 (CompBenefits plans: P.O. Box 14729, Lexington, KY 40512-4729). Informal disputes by phone at 800-833-2223; reconsiderations via DentalService@humana.com. Appeals do not go through Availity.

## Verified caveats

- Scope each number to its product line: the 15-month window is for most fully insured commercial products; the 12-month window is for Medicare claims.
- The filing clock restarts “on the date the provider was notified of the error” when a claim first went to the wrong carrier.
- Referred claim disputes get a response within 30–45 days per the manual.
- Availity Essentials handles eligibility, claim submission and status, and remittance only — no Humana document routes appeals through Availity.
- Humana revises the manual's asset URL between versions; the durable entry point is provider.humana.com/dentist-resources. Re-check the current manual edition before relying on a boundary case.

## Sources

- [Humana Dental Provider Manual (public PDF)](https://assets.humana.com/is/content/humana/Dental%20Provider%20Manual%2012-25pdf-1) — p. 8, “Time frames to submit a claim”
- [Humana dentist resources (durable entry point for the manual)](https://provider.humana.com/dentist-resources)

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