Kodak, which monitors patient financial transactions from more than 1,850 hospitals and 250,000 physicians nationwide, analyzed claims denial rates over the last three years.
Here’s a breakdown of prior authorization and precertification denial rates by inpatient and outpatient care from 2021 to 2023:
2023
Inpatient: 2.2%
Outpatient: 1.1%
2022
Inpatient: 2.1%
Outpatient: 1.1%
2021
Inpatient: 1.7%
Outpatient: 0.9%
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