Client-Centered Advocacy: Every Occupational Therapy Practitioner's Responsibility to Understand Medical Necessity - 1 views

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  #1 anthonyroscoe on 11 Dec 16

   

  This article reviews the concept of medical necessity as it relates to the Patient Protection and ACA. This article reviews how one can advocate for patients to help them meet their personal and community related needs. One needs to be able to recognize their responsibility, know how to find laws that relate to patients coverage of needs, and understanding what disability means. The term medical necessity refers to the medical appropriateness of a particular intervention in a particular case" (Hill, 2012, p. 449). Therefore, insurance companies use these definitions as a basis for allowing or denying payment or for the access to various services.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article reviews the concept of medical necessity as it relates to the Patient Protection and ACA. This article reviews how one can advocate for patients to help them meet their personal and community related needs. One needs to be able to recognize their responsibility, know how to find laws that relate to patients coverage of needs, and understanding what disability means. The term medical necessity refers to the medical appropriateness of a particular intervention in a particular case" (Hill, 2012, p. 449). Therefore, insurance companies use these definitions as a basis for allowing or denying payment or for the access to various services.</div>

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