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Methadone denials: what the review data shows
Independent reviewers have decided 27 published cases where an insurer denied Methadone — and they overturned the insurer 25.9% of the time. A denial for Methadone is a starting position, not a final answer.
Published decisions
27
2001–2026
Overturned
25.9%
7 denials reversed
How to use this in your appeal
These are outcomes from California’s external review program — an independent physician panel that binds the insurer. Every state has an equivalent process, and internal appeals succeed even more often. Cite the outcome record for Methadonewhen you appeal: reviewers routinely find that denials like yours didn’t hold up.
SOURCE: CALIFORNIA DMHC INDEPENDENT MEDICAL REVIEW OUTCOMES (CHHS OPEN DATA) · DERIVED AGGREGATE STATISTICS ONLY · METHODOLOGY
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