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For many of us, medical and health insurance terms are unfamiliar or complex. Our glossaries define some of those terms.


		Utilization review The process of reviewing services provided to determine whether those services are medically necessary and appropriate. May be performed on a concurrent or retrospective basis.

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Utilization review

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