Benchmark of the Week: Dollar cost of denials per provider, 2009-2010
Effective Jan 23, 2012
Published Jan 23, 2012
Overall losses from denials per practice continues to rise. Seven of the 10 specialty types listed below suffered more denial dollars per provider in 2010 than they did in 2009. However, one of the three groups that improved, medical specialties, did see one of the most dramatic year-over-year differences out of the 10 groups, with a 20% decline from 2009 to 2010. NOTE: The cost of denials per provider is an average, calculated by dividing the total amount of denials paid per specialty by the number of providers enrolled in each specialty. NOTE: The data labels at the top of each set of bars below signify the difference in denial amount per provider from 2009 to 2010.
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