second-opinion program

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second-opinion program,

n an opinion about the appropriateness of a proposed treatment provided by a practitioner other than the one making the original recommendation; some benefit plans require such opinions for selected services.

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prospective review			Over-utilization of services is an increasing concern, causing many states to implement mandatory utilization review using standard treatment guidelines, pre-certification and second-opinion programs. Controlling workers' compensation medical costs: with workers' ... by Sorenson, Stephanie A. / Financial Executive For example, the efficacy of second-opinion programs, managed care and even the competitive strategy supported by the last two administrations have been sharply questioned in the face of the unrelenting increases in health care costs. Will patient outcomes research lead to major savings in health care ... by Stano, Miron / Business Forum 18, 2003 Philadelphia International Medicine (PIM) and Chowgule Mediconsult Private Limited (CMPL) have jointly established a medical second-opinion program that will provide benefits to patients in India as well as the Philadelphia medical community. PIM Signs Second-Opinion Agreement In India by Business Wire			second filial generation Second Heart second heart sound Second Impact Syndrome Second Look Operation second messenger second messengers second molar second opinion Second Pain second prescription Second Revolution second sight Second Skin second stage of labor second surgical opinion second tooth Second Wind Phenomenon second-degree block second-degree burn second-generation oral contraceptive Second-Hand Smoke second-line chemotherapy second-line drug second-look operation second-opinion program second-order change second-order kinetics second-order reactions second-set phenomenon second-set reaction second-set rejection second-stage reconstruction second-wind phenomenon secondary secondary abdominal pregnancy secondary adhesion secondary adrenocortical insufficiency Secondary Aerosolisation secondary alcohol secondary aldosteronism secondary allergen secondary amenorrhea secondary amputation secondary amyloidosis secondary analysis secondary anesthetic secondary antibody response secondary aplastic anemia secondary apnea secondary areola			second-guesser second-guesses second-guesses second-guessing second-guessing Second-Hand Second-hand shop Second-hand Smoke Second-hand Smoke (album) Second-hand smoking Second-hand smoking Second-hand smoking second-hand speech second-hand store Second-Harmonic Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect Second-home Second-home Second-home second-homer second-in-command Second-Least Recently Used Second-level cache second-level controller second-line chemotherapy second-line drug second-look arthroscopy second-look arthroscopy second-look arthroscopy second-look operation second-moment closure second-opinion program Second-Order Auto-Regressive second-order balanced truncation Second-Order Blind Identification second-order change second-order climatological station Second-Order Closed Loop Second-order Closure Integrated PUFF Second-Order Cone Second-Order Cone Programming Second-ORder Connected Moments Expansion Second-Order Correlated Localized Orbital second-order difference Second-Order Differential Equation Second-Order Distorted Wave Second-Order Distorted-Wave Born second-order equation Second-Order Extended Exact Transfer Function Second-Order Intermodulation Distortion Second-Order Intermodulation Intercept Point Second-Order Iterative Decimation-Hadamard Transform second-order kinetics Second-Order Lambda-calculus Second-Order Laue Zone second-order leveling

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