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CO-144Contractual ObligationPayment Adjustment

CO-144 Denial Code: Incentive adjustment

A positive incentive payment — preferred product/service or quality program bonus attached to the claim.

Why CO-144 happens

  • Value-based or preferred-product incentive applied

How to fix a CO-144 denial

  1. 1

    Post the incentive; attribute it in program tracking

How to prevent it

Map which contracts pay claim-level incentives so they're recognized, not confused for errors.

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