How one Physician Advisor manages utilization review across 11 hospitals and overturns 78% of peer-to-peer denials

Managing utilization review for a single hospital is demanding enough. Dr. Maliha Iqbal, MD, SFHM, CHCQM-PHYADV, ACPA-C, does it for 11 — as the sole physician advisor at Beacon Health System. Despite her caseload doubling after a merger, she closed out 2025 having completed 5,118 reviews, with a peer-to-peer overturn rate of 78%. That combination […] The post How one Physician Advisor manages utilization review across 11 hospitals and overturns 78% of peer-to-peer denials appeared first o...