Free tools
Free tools for behavioral-health denials.
Work out the deadline, ask the plan for its criteria and claim file, check for parity warning signs, request external review and prepare the peer-to-peer call. Each tool cites the federal rule it applies.
9 tools · free, no account · everything runs in your browser and nothing you type is sent or stored, so no patient data is needed.
DeadlinesDated deadlines + calendar fileAppeal deadline calculator
Plan type, urgency and decision type in; the internal appeal deadline, the plan's decision clock, the external review or fair hearing window and the CMS prior-auth clocks out, each with its rule.
CodesPlain-English meaning + next checkDenial code lookup
Look up a CARC or RARC from the remittance and see what it usually means on a behavioral-health claim and what to check first.
LettersRequest letter (.txt)Criteria and claim-file request letter
Generate a letter asking the plan for the medical-necessity criteria behind a mental-health or SUD denial and for the full claim file, with the federal rules cited.
ParityFlags + request letterParity warning-sign checker
Answer a short questionnaire built on the Department of Labor's published warning signs and get the possible parity issues to raise, next steps and an NQTL comparative-analysis request letter.
EscalationRequest letter (.txt)External review and fair hearing request
Draft the request for independent external review, a Medicaid state fair hearing, or check what happens next in a Medicare Advantage appeal, with the deadline and the official forms linked.
- Peer-to-peerOne-page printable sheet
Peer-to-peer prep sheet
Turn the denial rationale, the cited criteria and your record evidence into a one-page sheet for the peer-to-peer call: what to say, what to ask, what to write down.
- Level of careCrosswalk table + .csv
Level-of-care crosswalk builder
Map each factor the plan's level-of-care criteria test to the dated record that meets it, mark it met, partly met or not documented, and see the gaps before you draft the appeal.
- NoticesGap list + request letter
Denial letter checklist
Check a denial notice against the federal content rules for its plan type, see what is missing, and draft a letter requesting it, with the rule cited for each item.
- ChecklistEvidence checklist + outline
Appeal readiness checklist
Pick the behavioral-health denial type and get the evidence checklist, the question the reviewer is really asking and an appeal packet outline to copy.
Doing this for every denial in the queue?
ClaimParrot reads each denial, tracks its clocks and drafts the appeal packet for a person on your team to review and approve. Try it on a fictional denial first.
Free tools.No patient data needed.