Explain medical necessity.

What will be an ideal response?


Medical necessity refers to the principle requiring health care providers to make reasonable efforts to limit the treatments and services rendered to the patient to those that are necessary to accomplish the intended purpose of care.

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you tell him to concentrate on assessing which of the following parts of the patient's body? A) Head, posterior torso, and lower extremities B) Torso, pelvis, and lower extremities C) Head, chest, and upper extremities D) Head, chest, and torso

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We are far more likely to be exposed to research from India or Nigeria because they have enormous populations and their language of instruction is English, than, for example, work from Scandinavian or Benelux nations, where neither of these is true.?

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The dural sinuses are found between the arachnoid and pia mater

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In a healthy adult at rest, what is the normal range for cardiac index?

a. 5.9-6.4 mL/beat/m2 c. 4.3 - 5.8 mL/beat/m2 b. 2.5-4.2 L/beat/m2 d. 0.5-2.4 mL/beat/m2

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