AppealAngle is made by a small, independent team. We're not a hospital, an insurer, or a law firm, and we don't pretend to be. We set out to build one thing and do it well: help a person turn a denial letter and their own records into a clear, organized appeal packet they can review and submit themselves.
Why appeals — and why now
The numbers are what convinced us this was worth building. When patients and clinicians push back on a denied prior-authorization request, the denial is reversed a striking share of the time. The American Medical Association reports that more than 80% of prior-authorization appeals succeed — roughly 83% are overturned.
Yet the vast majority of denials are simply accepted. An analysis of ACA marketplace plans by KFF found that consumers appealed fewer than 1% of denied in-network claims. That gap — a process that usually works, used by almost no one — is the whole reason AppealAngle exists.
People don't skip appeals because they don't care. They skip them because the process is intimidating, the deadlines are tight, and it's hard to know what a strong appeal even looks like. That's a solvable problem, and it's the one we're focused on.
Privacy is the point, not an afterthought
An appeal involves some of the most sensitive information a person has: diagnoses, treatments, denial letters, and plan details. We think a tool that touches those records has an obligation to handle them carefully. When the product launches, records will be encrypted in transit and at rest, processed under a Business Associate Agreement with zero data retention, never used to train AI, and deleted once your appeal packet is built. We'd rather hold less of your data than more.
What we are not
Being honest about our limits matters as much as describing what we do. AppealAngle:
- does not submit appeals for you;
- does not contact your insurer, provider, or anyone else on your behalf;
- does not negotiate bills;
- does not provide legal or medical advice, and is not a substitute for a lawyer or clinician;
- does not guarantee any outcome — your insurer decides.
Every letter the tool helps you prepare is clearly marked "DRAFT — NOT FOR SUBMISSION." You review it, edit it, approve it, and file it. You stay in control the whole way through.
Where things stand today
AppealAngle is in final development and not yet operational. Right now this site does one thing: it lets you reserve a spot and tell us how to reach you. Nothing is charged, and the appeal-building product isn't live yet. When it's ready, the people who signed up early will be the first to know.
We're a small team, so if you write to us, a real person reads it. Have a question or a story about a denial? We'd genuinely like to hear it.