Medical Necessity in Prosthetics and Orthotics: An Interdisciplinary Care Team Approach

Define the difference between medical necessity and functional needs or desires;

Explain what type of medical record information can inform medical necessity for an expected health outcome after provision of the prosthesis or orthosis;

Interpret a method for processing medical information so it can be applied to medical necessity-based reasoning for prosthetic and orthotic care;

Create deeper patient relationships by looking at the whole person and long-term outcomes.