Health insurance

Health insurance

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commercial partnership

Health care; Managed care

A partnership, either general or limited, that usually has some substantial inventory or fixed assets representing the capital investment of the partners.

functional independence measure

Health care; Managed care

A patient classification system developed for medical rehabilitation patients.

A patient who was formally admitted to a hospital as an inpatient for observation, diagnosis, or treatment, with the expectation of remaining overnight or longer, and who is discharged under one of ...

day outlier

Health care; Managed care

A patient with an atypically long length of stay compared with other patients in a particular diagnosis-related group.

virtual integration

Health care; Managed care

A pattern of strategic alliances designed to win the cost advantages of affiliation without the overhead disadvantages of ownership.

transfer payment

Health care; Managed care

A payment (transfer of money) from one group to another without use of any physical resource.

indirect medical education (IME) adjustment

Health care; Managed care

A payment adjustment applied to diagnosis-related groups and outlier payments under a prospective payment system for hospitals that operate an approved graduate medical education program. For ...