Clinical Practice Guidelines
To access Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy Clinical Quality and Clinical Practice Guidelines, go to Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy Clinical Quality and Clinical Practice Guidelines.
For all other Specialties, please see below.
American Specialty Health’s (ASH’s) clinical quality management program is designed for organizational support and improves process, service, and clinical quality management activities in accordance with the corporate vision and mission. For more information about ASH’s clinical quality management standards please use the links below.
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Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Radiogaphic Quality and Safety Parameters
- Medical Record Documentation Policy
- Clinical Guidelines and Criteria
- Technique/Procedure Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Techniques and Procedures Not Widely Supported As Evidence-Based
- X-Ray Guidelines
Credentialing and Office Facility Requirements
Medical Necessity (UM) Review
- Utilization Management Guidelines
- Affirmative Statement : No Incentives for UM Denial
- Medical Necessity Definition
- Medical Necessity Decision Assist Guideline for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Somatic/Neuropathic Pain Disorders
- Medical Necessity Decision Assist Guideline for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Somatic/Neuropathic Pain Disorders Involving Occupational Injuries
- Patient Assessments: Medical Necessity Decision Assist Guideline for Evaluations and Re-evaluations
- Clinical Performance System
- Use of Industry Standard Code Sets
Clinical Quality Management
- Committee Structure
- Quality Patient Management
- Patient Safety – The Prevention, Recognition, and Management of Adverse Outcomes
- Management of Urgent Clinical Concerns
- Management of Suspected Abuse/Neglect Cases
- Practice Parameters and Review Criteria
- Evidence Based Health Information Evaluation / Technology Assessment
- Evidence Selection and Evaluation
- Participation in Public Events