DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 12 (December)

Benchmark of the Week: Denial rates for minor procedures, 2009 vs. 2010

These charts look at Medicare denial rates for eight minor in-office procedures in 2009 and 2010, comparing denials for primary care practices and specialists. NOTE: “Primary care” is a combination of data from general practice, family practice, internal medicine and OB/GYN. NOTE: “Specialists” combines data from most other Medicare-recognized specialties, excluding those with low annual utilization such as plastic surgery.

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