Initial claims
180 days
from the date of service “unless otherwise agreed” — the participation contract can set a different window (Nebraska Community Plan dental manual, Jan 1, 2026, revised 8/7/2026)
Published openly
Published filing window · Last verified 2026-08-30
UnitedHealthcare (NE Medicaid) timely filing limit for dental claims
UnitedHealthcare (NE Medicaid) publishes an initial dental filing window of 180 days. Corrected-claim and appeal windows, the exact wording, and sources are below.
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Nebraska (Medicaid dental)
Appeal windows
Claim appeal
60 days — from receipt of the remittance advice — “If the provider fails to request a review within this timeframe, the right to review is forfeited”
Find the timely-filing deadline
Date of service plus the payer's filing window, in calendar days. Estimate only — the payer's contract wording controls.
Enter a date of service to compute the deadline.
How we calculate this
Deadline = date of service + the filing window in calendar days; days left counts from your device's date today. This tool counts calendar days. Payer contracts may count differently — some windows run in months, from the end of the month of service, or from the date the payer received the claim — so treat the result as a planning estimate and confirm the payer's own contract wording. Windows outside 30–730 days are clamped, and a date of service more than a year ahead is rejected as a likely typo. Payer windows in the list carry the payer's published figure; the cited source appears on that payer's page.
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Verified caveats
- Member appeals are a separate track from provider claim appeals: members (or providers with the member's written consent) appeal within 60 calendar days of the adverse benefit determination; UHC resolves a standard appeal in 30 calendar days and an expedited appeal in 72 hours, with expedited review available when waiting could harm the member's health.
- Members have 120 calendar days to request a state fair hearing; the manual describes the fair hearing as a request by a member or a provider to appeal the plan's decision to the state.
- UHC's state Medicaid dental manuals differ — Nebraska 180 days, New York 120, Wisconsin 90 — and no generic UnitedHealthcare number exists. Commercial UHC dental was not verified this pass.
Sources
- UHC Community Plan of Nebraska — Dental Provider Manual (PDF) — §9 claim submission; Appendix A deadline table, p. 43