adri3421
Networker
Can anyone decipher the following statement from CMS Critical Care Guidelines for me?
"The treatment and management of the patient's condition, while not necessarily emergent, shall be required, based on the threat of imminent deterioration (i.e. the patient shall be critically ill or injured at the time of the physician's visit)."
The part in parenthesis is what is really throwing me off. What kind of clinical scenario would this apply to? And how can a patient who is critically ill or injured not be in need of "necessarily emergent" treatment/care?
Gotta love Medicare.........
"The treatment and management of the patient's condition, while not necessarily emergent, shall be required, based on the threat of imminent deterioration (i.e. the patient shall be critically ill or injured at the time of the physician's visit)."
The part in parenthesis is what is really throwing me off. What kind of clinical scenario would this apply to? And how can a patient who is critically ill or injured not be in need of "necessarily emergent" treatment/care?
Gotta love Medicare.........