DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 6 (June)

NPP Report: 3 ways to reduce high manipulation denials

You and your peers lost $88.9 million to denials on chiropractic manipulation services in 2009, down from $115 million in 2007. While the average denial rate for codes 98940-98942 has fallen from 13.3% to 10.8%, chiropractic manipulative treatment (CMT) remains a stubborn trouble spot for a specialty that earns a sizeable chunk of Medicare revenue among non-physician practitioners (NPPs).

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