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Error Notification

Provider Type

  • Participating Physician Groups (PPG)
  • Ancillary
  • Hospitals

Encounter data submitted to Health Net can fail at the file level or the encounter level. If there is a file failure, the submitter is notified by the Capitated Claims/Encounter Department. The file must be corrected and resubmitted.

Common causes of performance issues

  • Missing or invalid provider information such as:
    • National Provider Identifier (NPI)
    • Use of Type 2 (organizational) NPIs for rendering/attending provider instead of required Type 1 (individual) NPIs.
    • National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) NPI validation: Submitted NPI data is required to match the NPI and qualifier submitted in 837 file.
    • Duplicate encounter submissions.
    • Delays in correcting DHCS denied encounters.
  • Billing errors, including:
    • Invalid diagnosis-related groups (DRGs)
    • Invalid or missing National Drug Codes (NDCs) (numbers, units of measure, quantity)
    • Invalid or missing Bill Types

If the encounter file passes on to encounter level edits, the following reports are produced:

  • Claims/Encounters Control Summary Reports - reports receipt/accept/reject totals for reconciliation.
  • Encounter/Claims Rejection Report - identifies specifics for encounters that failed edits and require correction and resubmission.

Note: When correcting claim line(s) the entire claim must be resubmitted, rather than just the corrected line(s).

Contact the Capitated Claims/Encounter Department if record-specific resubmission cannot be generated.

Last Updated: 07/21/2026