Effectively Handling Clinical Denials Amid a Pandemic Backlog of Elective Surgeries -
by Lisa Dadulo, Clinical Practice Director at HGS Healthcare Lisa Dadulo, Clinical Practice Director at HGS Healthcare Throughout the pandemic, many hospitals had to delay elective procedures for several months or cancel them altogether. Surgical volumes decreased over 35% in 2020 from March to July. This has led to a projected backlog of elective procedures and surgeries. For example, in orthopedic surgeries such as joint replacement and back fusion, it was estimated the pandemic would generate a backlog of over one million surgical cases. If you multiply that across all the surgical...
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