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  Prisoner Health Care Standards

 

I. Reasonable and Medically Necessary Care

II. Conditions Requiring Treatment

III.  Non-authorized Medical Interventions/ Procedures

A. Allergy/Clinical Immunology

B. Cardiology

C. Dental/Oral Surgery

D. Digestive System

E. Ear, Nose and Throat

F. Endocrinology

G. Genital System (Male)

H. Hearing

I. Hemic and Lymphatic System

J. Integumentary System (Skin, Subcutaneous and Areolar Tissue, Breast) 

K. Nervous System

L. Obstetrics/ Gynecology 

M. Orthopedics/ Rehabilitation

N. Psychology/ Psychiatry

O. Urinary System

P. Vision 

Q. Surgery

R. Prostheses

S. General Medicine/ Laboratory 

T. Radiology 

U. Pharmacy

V. Investigational (Experimental) Drugs, Devices and Procedures

W. Other

IV. Appeals/Denials Process
 		 III. NON-AUTHORIZED MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS/PROCEDURES

The following medical interventions and procedures are not authorized for payment by the USMS, unless ordered by the court:

K. NERVOUS SYSTEM - NOT COVERED

Burr holes, implantation neurostimulator electrodes

Craniectomy, implantation neurostimulator electrodes

Incision/subcutaneous placement neurostimulator generator/receiver

Incision and subcutaneous placement/cranial neurostimulator

Incision/subcutaneous placement neurostimulator generator/receiver

Laminectomy, implantation neurostimulator electrodes

Percutaneous implantation neurostimulator electrodes

Revision/removal spinal neurostimulator generator/receiver

Revision or removal/cranial neurostimulator

Revision/removal peripheral neurostimulator electrodes

Revision/removal peripheral neurostimulator generator/receiver

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