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preferred provider organization (PPO)
Insurance; Health insurance
A preferred provider organization (PPO) is a managed care organization of health providers who contract with an insurer or third-party administrator (TPA) to provide health insurance coverage to ...
public plan
Insurance; Health insurance
A public plan – also referred to as a public option – was a proposal within the recently passed health reform legislation that would have created a qualified health benefit plan to compete with other ...
pre-admission review
Insurance; Health insurance
A review of an individual’s health care status or condition, prior to an individual being admitted to an inpatient health care facility, such as a hospital. Pre-admission reviews are often conducted ...
multiple employer trust (MET)
Insurance; Health insurance
A trust consisting of multiple small employers in the same industry, formed for the purpose of purchasing group health insurance or establishing a self-funded plan at a lower cost than would be ...
dependent worker
Insurance; Health insurance
A worker in a family in which someone else has greater personal income.
single-payer system
Insurance; Health insurance
Single-payer system is a health care system in which one entity – a single payer – collects all health care fees and pays for all health care costs. Proponents of a single-payer system argue that ...
socialized medicine
Insurance; Health insurance
Socialized medicine is, by definition, a health care system in which the government owns and operates health care facilities and employs the health care professionals, thus also paying for all health ...