ADMISSION CERTIFICATION. Pre‐Admission Certification applies when you need to be admitted to a Hospital as an Inpatient in other than an emergency situation. Prior to your admission, your Primary Care Physician or Woman's Principal Health Care Provider must obtain approval of your admission from the Participating IPA/Participating Medical Group with which he/she is affiliated or employed. The Participating IPA/Participating Medical Group may recommend other courses of treatment that could help you avoid an Inpatient stay. It is your responsibility to cooperate with any recommendations made by the Participating IPA/Participating Medical Group. Once you have been admitted to a Hospital as an Inpatient, your length of stay will be reviewed by the Participating IPA/Participating Medical Group. The purpose of that review is to ensure that your length of stay is appropriate given your diagnosis and the treatment that you are receiving. This is known as Concurrent Review. If your Hospital stay is longer than the usual length of stay for your type of condition, the Participating IPA/Participating Medical Group will contact your Primary Care Physician or Woman's Principal Health Care Provider to determine whether there is a medically necessary reason for you to remain in the Hospital. Should it be determined that your continued stay in the Hospital is not medically necessary, you will be informed of that decision, in writing, and of the date that your benefits for that stay will end. Expenses for the following are not covered under your benefit program:
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Samples: Health Care Benefits Agreement, Health Care Benefits Agreement, Health Care Benefits Agreement
