Mich. Admin. Code R. 418.10109 - Definitions; M to U
Rule 109. As used in these rules:
(a) "Maximum allowable payment" means the
maximum fee for a procedure that is established by these rules, a reasonable
amount for a "by report" procedure, or a provider's usual and customary charge,
whichever is less.
(b) "Medical
only case" means a case that does not involve wage loss compensation.
(c) "Medical rehabilitation" means, to the
extent possible, the interruption, control, correction, or amelioration of a
medical or a physical problem that causes incapacity through the use of
appropriate treatment disciplines and modalities that are designed to achieve
the highest possible level of post-injury function and a return to gainful
employment.
(d) "Medically accepted
standards" means a measure that is set by a competent authority as the rule for
evaluating quantity or quality of health care or health care services ensuring
that the health care is suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion,
or place.
(e) "Morbidity" means the
extent of illness, injury, or disability.
(f) "Mortality" means the likelihood of
death.
(g) "New patient" means a
patient who is new to the provider for a particular covered injury or illness
and who needs to have medical and administrative records established.
(h) "Nursing home" means a nursing care
facility, including a county medical care facility, created pursuant to section
20109 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20109.
(i) "Opioid drugs" as used in these rules,
refers to opiate analgesics, narcotic analgesics, or any other Schedule C
(II-III) controlled substance as identified in United States Code Controlled
Substances Act of 1970, 21. U.S.C. ยง812. Opioid analgesics are the class
of drugs, such as morphine, codeine, and methadone, that have the primary
indication for the relief of pain.
(j) "Orthotic equipment" means an orthopedic
apparatus that is designed to support, align, prevent, or correct deformities
of, or improve the function of, a movable body part.
(k) "Pharmacy" means the place where the
science, art, and practice of preparing, preserving, compounding, dispensing,
and giving appropriate instruction in the use of drugs is practiced.
(l) "Practitioner" means an individual who is
licensed, registered, or certified as used in the public health code, 1978 PA
368, MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211.
(m)
"Primary procedure" means the therapeutic procedure that is most closely
related to the principal diagnosis and has the highest assigned relative value
unit (RVU).
(n) "Properly submitted
bill" means a request by a provider for payment of health care services that is
submitted to a carrier on the appropriate completed claim form with attachments
as required by these rules.
(o)
"Prosthesis" means an artificial substitute for a missing body part. A
prosthesis is constructed by a "prosthetist", a person who is skilled in the
construction and application of a prosthesis.
(p) "Provider" means a facility, health care
organization, or a practitioner.
(q) "Reasonable amount" means a payment based
upon the amount generally paid in the state for a particular procedure code
using data available from the provider, the carrier, or the workers'
compensation agency, health care services division.
(r) "Restorative" means that the patient's
function will demonstrate measurable improvement in a reasonable and generally
predictable period of time and includes appropriate periodic care to maintain
the level of function.
(s)
"Secondary procedure" means a surgical procedure that is performed to
ameliorate conditions that are found to exist during the performance of a
primary surgery and is considered an independent procedure that may not be
performed as a part of the primary surgery or for the existing
condition.
(t) "Separate procedure"
means procedures or services listed in the CPT code set that are commonly
carried out as an integral component of a total service or procedure have been
identified by the inclusion of a term "separate procedure."
(u) "Specialist" means any of the following
entities that are board-certified, board-eligible, or otherwise considered an
expert in a particular field of health care by virtue of education, training,
and experience generally accepted in that particular field:
(i) A doctor of chiropractic.
(ii) A doctor of dental surgery.
(iii) A doctor of medicine.
(iv) A doctor of optometry.
(v) A doctor of osteopathic medicine and
surgery.
(vi) A doctor of podiatric
medicine and surgery.
(v) "Subrogation" means substituting 1
creditor for another. An example of subrogation in workers' compensation is
when a case is determined to be workers' compensation and the health benefits
plan has already paid for the service and is requesting the workers'
compensation carrier or the provider to refund the money that the plan paid on
behalf of the worker.
(w)
"Technical surgical assist" means that additional payment for an assistant
surgeon, referenced in
R
418.10416, is allowed for certain designated surgical
procedures.
(x) "Telemedicine"
means the use of an electronic media to link patients with health care
professionals in different locations. To be considered telemedicine, the health
care professional must be able to examine the patient via a real-time,
interactive audio and video telecommunications system, and the patient must be
able to interact with the off-site health care professional at the time the
services are provided.
(y)
"Treatment plan" means a plan of care for restorative physical treatment
services that indicates the diagnosis and anticipated goals.
(z) "Usual and customary charge" means a
particular provider's average charge for a procedure to all payment sources,
and includes itemized charges which were previously billed separately and which
are included in the package for that procedure as defined by these rules. A
usual and customary charge for a procedure shall be calculated based on data
beginning January 1, 2000.
(aa)
"Utilization review" means the initial evaluation by a carrier of the
appropriateness in terms of both the level and the quality of health care and
health services provided an injured employee, based on medically accepted
standards.
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