Issues of Medical Necessity: A Medical Director's Guide to Good Faith Adjudication

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 883-888

  Quinn, Campion ^a,b  

^a Group Health Inc   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; NOMENCLATURE; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; REFUSAL TO TREAT; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0031159582     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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