utilization review
1utilization review — noun A review of the use of medical resources at a medical facility for purposes of cost control …
2utilization review — noun Date: 1972 a critical evaluation (as by a physician or nurse) of health care services provided to patients that is made especially for the purpose of controlling costs and monitoring quality of care …
3utilization review — uti·li·za·tion re·view .yüt əl ə zā shən ri vyü n the critical examination (as by a physician or nurse) of health care services provided to patients esp. for the purpose of controlling costs (as by identifying unnecessary medical procedures) and… …
4utilization review — noun : a critical evaluation (as by a physician or nurse) of health care services provided to patients that is made especially for the purpose of controlling costs (as by identifying unnecessary medical procedures) and monitoring quality of care …
5Utilization management — is the evaluation of the appropriateness, medical need and efficiency of health care services procedures and facilities according to established criteria or guidelines and under the provisions of an applicable health benefits plan. Typically it… …
6review — drug utilization r. an authorized, structured, ongoing program that collects, analyzes, and interprets drug use patterns to improve the quality of drug use and patient outcomes …
7Independent medical review — is the process where physicians review medical cases in order to provide claims determinations for health insurance payers, workers compensation insurance payers or disability insurance payers. Peer review also is used in order to define the… …
8Medical peer review — For the review of scholarly papers in refereed journals, see Peer review. For a more in depth assessment of Physician, External and Nursing peer review, and the history of peer review, see Clinical peer review. Medical peer review is the process… …
9Sham peer review — or malicious peer review is a name given to the abuse of a medical peer review process to attack a doctor for personal or other non medical reasons.[1] The American Medical Association conducted an investigation of medical peer review in 2007 and …
10Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
