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Chronic Pelvic Pain: when insurers say no, reviewers often say yes
In 25 published external-review decisions involving chronic pelvic pain, independent physician reviewers overturned the insurer’s denial 52% of the time.
Published decisions
25
2001–2026
Overturned
52%
13 denials reversed
How to use this in your appeal
These outcomes come from California’s external review program — an independent physician panel whose decision binds the insurer. Every state has an equivalent, and internal appeals succeed even more often. If your care for chronic pelvic pain was denied, the published record says the denial is worth fighting.
SOURCE: CALIFORNIA DMHC INDEPENDENT MEDICAL REVIEW OUTCOMES (CHHS OPEN DATA) · DERIVED AGGREGATE STATISTICS ONLY · METHODOLOGY
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