Appeals Overview

If a Medicare health plan issues an unfavorable or partially favorable organization determination, the decision may be appealed through the Part C appeals process.

There are five successive levels of appeal in the Medicare Part C program.

1. Reconsideration by the Medicare Health Plan
2. Reconsideration by the Independent Review Entity
3. Hearing by an Administrative Law Judge
4. Review by the Medicare Appeals Council
5. Review by a Federal District Court

A decision may be appealed to the next level of appeal when the lower appeal entity issues a decision that is unfavorable to the enrollee.  Each unfavorable decision will contain the information needed to file an appeal request.

Use the navigation tool on the left side of this page to link to subpages that contain detailed information about each of the five levels of appeal.