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Managed care

A health care practice intended to streamline services and provide high quality, cost-effective care.

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Managed care

orthomolecular therapy

Health care; Managed care

Approach to therapy whose centerpiece is megavitamin therapy. Orthomolecular medicine encompasses hair analysis, orthomolecular nutrition (a variation of megavitamin therapy), and orthomolecular ...

availability

Health care; Managed care

Appropriate health care rendered at the time and place needed and by the appropriate medical provider.

certified

Health care; Managed care

Approval, usually from the state or other agency.

continuous care

Health care; Managed care

Around the clock, 24-hr, nursing care at home.

buy-in

Health care; Managed care

Arrangements the states may make for paying Medicare premiums on behalf of those they are required or choose to cover.

specific market

Health care; Managed care

As a market for insurance, a group of people or businesses with common needs, usually of the same occupation. Teachers, grocers, and surgeons, for example, constitute specific markets. This is ...

handicapped

Health care; Managed care

As defined by §504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, any person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, has a record of such impairment, ...

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