A look behind the numbers.
Accepted:
856 (84.67%)
$771,478,598.22 (99.11%)
Average Claim: $901,260.04
Rejected:
155 (15.33%)
$6,959,274.50 (0.89%)
Average Claim: $44,898.55
The average dollar amount accepting is more than 20 times greater than those rejecting. AAOC probably still accounts for a majority of the Class 16 dollar amount, which is why it might have made good sense to follow the money.
[Thanks M for posting. I had been waiting to do so myself.]