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Medicare & Medicaid

Medical insurance programs administered by the U.S. federal government that provide health care coverage for the elderly (people over 65) and certain people and families with low incomes and resources.

Contributors in Medicare & Medicaid

Medicare & Medicaid

residual factors

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

Factors other than price, including volume of services, intensity of services, and age/sex changes.

dual eligibles

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

Persons who are entitled to Medicare (Part A and/or Part B) and who are also eligible for Medicaid.

board hearing

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

That hearing provided for in section 1878(a) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 139500(a)) and 42 CFR §405.1835.

baby boom

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

The period from the end of World War II through the mid-1960s marked by unusually high birth rates.

second opinion

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

This is when another doctor gives his or her view about what you have and how it should be treated.

group or network HMO

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

A health plan that contracts with group practices of doctors to give services in one or more places.

accredited standards committee

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

An organization that has been accredited by ANSI for the development of American National Standards.

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