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Top 5 Physician Specialties With Unexpected Denials

Here are the top five most common unexpected physician practice denials by specialty in March 2014 from RemitDATA, according to a Physicians Practice report.

Carrie Pallardy

Tuesday, May 6th, 2014

Specialties with the most unexpected denials:

Physician therapy: 13 percent
Family medicine: 11 percent
Radiology: 10 percent
Internal medicine: 10 percent
Pediatrics: 10 percent

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