Fighting Denied Claims Requires Perseverance
The Department of Labor estimates that each year about 1.4 billion claims are filed with the employer-based health plans the department oversees. Of those, according to data collected from health insurance industry sources, 100 million are initially denied. In simpler numbers, that is one of every 14 claims.
Approximately half of all appeals are successful, according to anecdotal evidence from patient advocacy groups and data from individual states.
