DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 5 (May)

Benchmark of the Week: Deviation of inpatient denials by specialty

Surgical specialties and those associated with major procedures have the greatest denial rates in the two major inpatient settings, CMS data shows. The place of service (POS) doesn't appear to make a major difference in denial rates by specialty in the inpatient settings, similar to last week's analysis of outpatient settings (PBN 5/3/10).

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