UCare Timely Filing Limit

Coverage: Minnesota legacy UCare claims and product transitions to Medica; do not apply legacy rules to all 2026 services.

UCare filing guidance from the reviewed sources: Legacy MHCP primary claims for services on or after August 1, 2023: six months from the date of service. Confirm the plan, provider agreement, and event that starts the filing period before submission.

At a glance

• The legacy provider manual distinguishes MHCP claims from other UCare lines of business.

Initial claim filing limits

• Legacy MHCP primary claims for services on or after August 1, 2023: six months from the date of service.
• Legacy Medicare and individual/family claims: 12 months from the date of service.

Corrected claim filing limits

• Not clearly published in the researched sources.

Appeal and reconsideration deadlines

• Not clearly published in the researched sources.

Trigger basis and caveats

• These are legacy UCare manual rules. Confirm rehabilitation, transition and successor-plan instructions for the service date before relying on them. No single 2026 successor deadline was verified.

Provider resources

• Official provider policy or review source (official)
• Official provider policy or review source (official)

Sources

Update notes

Last updated: 2026-10-30.

• Verified legacy filing and submission rules and current transition warnings. The hub identifies rehabilitation resources; it does not establish that every product or all claims operations have closed. Successor routing and contract exceptions need confirmation.