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:
Maintenance or
palliative physical, occupational, or speech therapy for a chronic
disease or condition
Orthopedic devices
unless necessitated by an acute injury while in USMS custody or
unless prisoner possessed one at the time of his/her arrest and it
was lost or damaged beyond repair during his or her incarceration.
Orthopedic shoes, unless
the detainee possessed a pair at the time of his/her arrest, and
they were lost or damaged beyond repair during his or her
incarceration
Orthotics
Radiant heat treatment
and diathermy
Short-term
rehabilitative therapy (physical, speech, and occupational),
unless as a result of immediate post-surgical intervention or injury
or illness incurred while in USMS custody.
Long-term rehabilitative
(physical, speech, and occupational) services unless approved by
OIMS.
