Medically Necessary means a service which is appropriate and consistent with the treatment of the condition in accordance with accepted standards of community practice.
Medically Necessary means that a treatment, service, or supply:
Medically Necessary means a treatment, service, or supply that is: 1) required to treat an Injury or Sickness; 2) prescribed or ordered by a Doctor or furnished by a Hospital; 3) performed in the least costly setting required by the Covered Person’s condition; and 4) consistent with the medical and surgical practices prevailing in the area for treatment of the condition at the time rendered. Purchasing or renting 1) air conditioners; 2) air purifiers; 3) motorized transportation equipment; 4) escalators or elevators in private homes; 5) eyeglass frames or lenses; 6) hearing aids; 7) swimming pools or supplies for them; and 8) general exercise equipment are not Medically Necessary. A service or supply may not be Medically Necessary if a less intensive or more appropriate diagnostic or treatment alternative could have been used. We may consider the cost of the alternative to be the Covered Expense.
Examples of Medically Necessary in a sentence
Services performed in a Special Care Unit when it is Medically Necessary that such services be performed in such unit; 4.
IN-HOSPITAL MEDICAL SERVICE Benefits will be paid for a licensed medical doctor or Behavioral Health Provider’s visits to a Member during a Medically Necessary Admission for treatment of a condition other than that for which Surgical Service or obstetrical service is required as follows: 1.
Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapy unless Medically Necessary for the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder; 2.
The Group Health Plan will pay the base rate and mileage for a Medically Necessary ambulance transport to the nearest medically appropriate facility.
All requirements of the above-referenced definition must be met in order for a health care service or Behavioral Health Service to be deemed Medically Necessary.
More Definitions of Medically Necessary
Medically Necessary means the need to have medical service for the purpose of investigating or treating the relevant Disability in accordance with the generally accepted standards of medical practice and such medical service must –
Medically Necessary means health care services that a physician, exercising prudent clinical judgment, would provide to a patient for the purpose of preventing, evaluating, diagnosing, or treating an illness, Injury, disease, or its symptoms, and that are
Medically Necessary means a service or supply which: (a) is recommended by the attending Legally Qualified Physician: (b) is appropriate and consistent with the diagnosis in accord with accepted standards of community practice: (c) could not have been omitted without adversely affecting an Insured’s condition or quality of medical care: (d) is delivered at the most appropriate level of care and not primarily for the sake of convenience: and (e) is not considered experimental unless coverage for experimental services or supplies is required by law.
Medically Necessary means services or supplies that, under the provisions of this Contract, are determined to be:
Medically Necessary means health care services that a physician, exercising prudent clinical judgment, would provide to a patient for the purpose of preventing, evaluating, diagnosing, or treating an illness, Injury, disease, or its symptoms, and that are (1) in accordance with generally accepted standards of medical practice; (2) clinically appropriate, in terms of type, frequency, extent, site, and duration and considered effective for the patient's illness, Injury, or disease; and (3) not primarily for the convenience of the patient, physician, or other health care provider and not more costly than an alternative service or sequence of services at least as likely to produce equivalent therapeutic or diagnostic results as to the diagnosis or treatment of that patient's illness, Injury, or disease. “Generally accepted standards of medical practice” means standards that are based on credible scientific evidence published in peer-reviewed medical literature generally recognized by the relevant medical community or otherwise consistent with the standards set forth in policy issues involving clinical judgment.
Medically Necessary means there must be a medical need for the leave and that the leave can best be accomplished through an intermittent or reduced leave schedule.
Medically Necessary means that a treatment, service, or supply is: (1) is essential for diagnosis, treatment or care of the Injury or Sickness for which it is prescribed or performed; (2) meets generally accepted standards of medical practice; and (3) is ordered by a Physician and performed under his or her care, supervision or order.