Jeff Means and Sara Roberts of Colburn Hill Group: Managed Medicare and managed Medicaid tend to have significantly higher rates of initial denials (remittances denying line items or entire claims) than commercial or government payers. Tracking these denials in detail is critical. Build a denials management scorecard and a cross-functional team to implement process changes to prevent denials in the future.
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