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Partial Hospitalization Program denials: what the review data shows

Independent reviewers have decided 258 published cases where an insurer denied Partial Hospitalization Program — and they overturned the insurer 61.2% of the time. A denial for Partial Hospitalization Program is a starting position, not a final answer.

Published decisions
258
2001–2026
Overturned
61.2%
158 denials reversed

By condition

Published outcomes when Partial Hospitalization Program was denied for these conditions.
ConditionDecisionsOverturned
Mental Disorder64
78.1%
Mental Disorder61
73.8%
Eating Disorder20
50%
Behavioral Health13
7.7%
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 Partial Hospitalization Programwhen 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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