Walk This Way (great song) but Does the Walk Satisfy Medical Necessity?

Well, we've all had them...Those patients who are stricken seriously ill that, for one reason or another, want to ambulate on their own volition to the ambulance.  Not uncommon in our industry but how does CMS and all the other payers feel about patients who walk this way?  Medical necessity is fairly well-defined and we are all forced to comply.  This edition of The QMC Board & Collar looks closing at those who walk (or crawl) and how payers view them (dub in Steven Tyler and the hit tune from  Aerosmith now).

 

Written by:  C. Humphrey
Presented by:  G. Harvat