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.
Also called tonality. any of the 24 major and minor diatonic scales considered as a corpus of notes upon which a piece of music draws for its tonal framework. 1  the main tonal centre in an extended composition: a symphony in the key of F major. 2  the tonic of a major or minor scale. 3  See tuning key.