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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. Vision (Eye)

B. Hearing

C. Ear, Nose and Throat

D. Cardiology

E. Endocrinology

F. Endocrinology

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

H. Hemic and Lymphatic System 

I. Digestive System 

J. Urinary System 

K. Obstetrics/ Gynecology 

L. Male Genital System 

M. Nervous System

N. Allergy/Clinical Immunology 

O. Psychology/ Psychiatry

P. Dental/Oral Surgery 

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:

F. ENDOCRINOLOGY– NOT COVERED

Basal metabolism readings

Growth hormone therapy

 

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