Frarie's nursing home bill for nearly three months of care came to $19,000. Her family took the first step in the appeals process, asking Medicare to count all four days in the hospital as inpatient. Then they hit a dead-end.
A modality is a type of electrical, thermal or mechanical energy that causes physiological changes. It is used to relieve pain, improve circulation, decrease swelling, reduce muscle spasm, and deliver medication in conjunction with other procedures. Typical types of modalities include electrical muscle stimulation, ultrasound, heat, ice, and traction. For treatment of localized inflammations, eg.
modality. 1  the quality or state of being modal. 2  an attribute or circumstance that denotes mode or manner. 3  Also called mode. Logic. the classification of propositions according to whether they are contingently true or false, possible, impossible, or necessary.