Filing · f0111

Medi-Cal Dental Fee-for-Service

California DHCS · Medicaid FFS · CA · CY2025

In 2025 this plan received 3,138,788 standard prior authorization requests and denied 29.5% of them. The median for Medicaid FFS plans of comparable size is 7.4%.

Standard denial rate
29.5%
3,138,788 standard requests, 926,119 denied. 66.8% of appealed denials were overturned.
Requests and outcomes
TotalApprovedDeniedDenial rate
Standard 3,138,788 2,212,669 926,119 29.5%
Expedited
Extended review, approved 188
Appeals of standard denials
Appeals filed2,430
Denials overturned1,623
Overturn rate66.8%
Turnaround
MeanMedian
Standard4.8 d5.0 d
Expedited