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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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emergency medicine
Health care; Managed care
Branch of medicine that deals with situation requiring immediate care and usually provided in an emergency room or through the operating room.
qi
Health care; Managed care
Broadly, the alleged vital force that underlies functioning of body, mind, and spirit. According to Qigong theory, Qi encompasses air and internal Qi, or true Qi, which includes essential Qi (vital ...
assumed reinsurance
Health care; Managed care
Business accepted for reinsurance from another insurance company.
human capital method
Health care; Managed care
Calculation of health insurance benefits in terms of reduced treatment costs and reduced productivity. May now be largely discredited.
Knox-Keene Act
Health care; Managed care
California legislation (1975) amending the Health and Safety Code that licenses HMOs separately from insurance companies. Provides for regulation by the department of corporations commissioner.
flat cancellation
Health care; Managed care
Cancellation of a health insurance policy as of the date of its start with no premium charge.
recision of coverage
Health care; Managed care
Cancellation of insurance or health care coverage because information received on the medical questionnaire was untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete.
