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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

pandemic

Health care; Managed care

An epidemic occurring over a very wide area (several countries or continents) and usually affecting a large proportion of the population.

projection

Health care; Managed care

An estimate of future numbers based upon the extension of present relationships, but which may also incorporate expected changes in such relationships. In insurance, an estimate of future conditions, ...

quote

Health care; Managed care

An estimate of the cost of insurance, based on information supplied to the insurance company by the applicant.

paramedical exam

Health care; Managed care

An examination by a nonphysician health care provider.

direct writer

Health care; Managed care

An exclusive insurance sales agency system.

Medicare summary notice

Health care; Managed care

An explanation of benefits for medical services or durable medical equipment rendered by a Medicare participating provider or vendor.

practice guidelines

Health care; Managed care

An explicit statement of what is known and believed about the benefits, risks, and costs of particular courses of medical action intended to assist decisions by practitioners, patients, and others ...

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