DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 3 (March)

Benchmark of the Week: Colonoscopy denials by type, 2006-2008

Summary: Denial rates for both diagnostic and screening colonoscopies crept upward for the five specialties that bill the vast majority of these services to Medicare, an analysis of the most recent claims data shows. Most of the increases in denials are small, but consistent across the three-year period from 2006-2008.

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