Experimental or Investigative definition

Experimental or Investigative means treatments, devices or prescription medications which are recommended by a Physician, but are not considered by the medical community as a whole to be safe and effective for the condition for which the treatments, devices or prescription medications are being used. This includes any treatments, procedures, facilities, equipment, drugs, drug usage, devices, or supplies not recognized as accepted medical practice, and any of those items requiring federal or other governmental agency approval not received at the time services are rendered.
Experimental or Investigative means a drug, device, medical treatment or procedure that:
Experimental or Investigative means treatment, a device or prescription medication which is recommended by a Physician, but is not considered by the medical community as a whole to be safe and effective for the condition for which the treatment, device or prescription medication is being used. This includes any treatment, procedure, facility, equipment, drugs, drug usage, devices, or supplies not recognized as accepted medical practice, and any of those items requiring federal or other governmental agency approval not received at the time services are rendered.

Examples of Experimental or Investigative in a sentence

  • Services or supplies that the Insurer considers to be Experimental or Investigative.

  • Experimental or Investigative means treatments, devices or prescription medications, which are recommended by a Physician, but are not considered by the U.S. medical community as a whole, to be safe and effective for the condition for which the treatments, devices or prescription medications are being used.

  • Drugs or medicines approved by the FDA for Experimental or Investigative Services are not covered.

  • Experimental or Investigative - The use of any treatment, procedure, facility, equipment, drug, or drug usage device or supply which the Company, determines is not acceptable standard dental treatment of the condition being treated, or any such items requiring federal or other governmental agency approval which was not granted at the time the services were rendered.

  • You have no Benefit for transplant services which are Experimental or Investigative.


More Definitions of Experimental or Investigative

Experimental or Investigative means treatment, a device or prescription medication which is recommended by a Physician, but is not considered by the medical community as a whole to be safe and effective for the condition for which the treatment, device or prescription medication is being used. This includes any treatment, procedure, facility, equipment, drugs, drug usage, devices, or supplies not recognized as accepted medical practice, and any of those items requiring federal or other governmental agency approval not received at the time services are rendered. “Family Member” means the Insured’s, or Traveling Companion’s spouse, Domestic Partner, Child, daughter-in- law, son-in-law, brother, sister, mother, father, grandparents, grandchild, step-child, step-brother, step-sister, step-parents, parents-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, legal guardian, Caregiver, foster Child, ward,
Experimental or Investigative means treatment, a device or prescription medication which is recommended by a Physician, but is not considered by the medical community as a whole to be safe and effective for the condition for which the treatment, device
Experimental or Investigative means treatments, devices or prescription medications which are recommended by a Physician, but are not considered by the medical community as a whole to be safe and effective for the condition for which the treatments, devices or prescription medications are being used. This includes any treatments, procedures, facilities, equipment, drugs, drug usage, devices, or supplies
Experimental or Investigative means treatments, devices or prescription medications which are recommended by a treating Physician, but are not considered by the medical community as a whole to be safe and effective for the condition for which the treatments, devices or prescription medications are being used. This includes any treatments, procedures, facilities, equipment, drugs, drug usage, devices, or supplies not recognized as accepted medical practice, and any of those items requiring federal or other governmental agency approval not received at the time services are rendered. The Company will consult with the treating Physician and licensed medical professionals as well as internal and external doctors on an as needed basis to determine if the above treatments, devices or prescriptions are Experimental or Investigative.
Experimental or Investigative means any treatments, procedures, facilities, equipment, drugs, drug usage, devices, or supplies:
Experimental or Investigative means not approved or broadly accepted and recognized by the Canadian medical profession as an effective, appropriate and essential Medical Treatment of a Sickness or Injury, in accordance with Canadian medical standards.
Experimental or Investigative means treatments, devices or prescription medications which are recommended by a Physician, but are not considered by the medical community as a whole to be safe and effective for the condition for which the treatments, devices or prescription medications are being used. This includes any treatments, procedures, facilities, equipments, drugs, drug usage, devices or supplies not recognized as accepted medical practice, and any of those items requiring federal or other governmental agency approval not received at the time services are rendered. “Family Member” means the Insured’s, or Traveling Companion’s spouse, civil union partner, Domestic Partner, Child, daughter-in- law, son-in-law, brother, sister, mother, father, grandparent, step- grandparent, grandchild, step-grandchild, step-child, step-brother, step-sister, step-parent, parent-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, aunt, step-aunt, uncle, step-uncle, niece, nephew, legal guardian, Caregiver, foster Child, ward, or legal ward; spouse, civil union partner or Domestic Partner of any of the above. Family Member also includes these relations to the Insured’s or Traveling Companion’s spouse, civil union partner or Domestic Partner.