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Could Your Own Medical Assistant Be Sabotaging Thousands in Abdominoplasty Revenue Right Under Your Nose? (Here’s How to Fix It)

February 28, 2026August 17, 2025 by Evelyn

Medical assistant reviewing insurance denial letters for abdominoplasty authorization at a clinic desk, highlighting prior authorization and documentation challenges.

According to the American Medical Association’s 2024 Prior Authorization Physician Survey, physicians complete an average of 39 prior authorization requests per week, consuming 13 hours of physician and staff time weekly (2024 AMA Prior Authorization Physician Survey, American Medical Association, pp. 1-4). Yet most plastic surgeons accept insurance denials as “the cost of doing business.” … Read more