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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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accredited hospital
Health care; Managed care
A hospital or similar entity whose medical quality standards are accepted by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
swing-bed hospital
Health care; Managed care
A hospital participating in the Medicare swing-bed program. This program allows rural hospitals with fewer than 100 beds to provide skilled postacute care services in acute-care beds.
nursery
Health care; Managed care
A hospital perinatal unit for normal newborns that includes incubators for nondistressed, low-birth-weight babies.
renal dialysis center
Health care; Managed care
A hospital unit that is approved to furnish the full spectrum of diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services required for the care of end-state renal disease patients (including inpatient ...
renal transplant center
Health care; Managed care
A hospital unit that is approved to furnish transplantation and other medical and surgical specialty services directly for the care of end-stage renal disease transplant patients, including inpatient ...
neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
Health care; Managed care
A hospital unit with special equipment for the care of premature and seriously ill newborn infants.
sole community hospital (SCH)
Health care; Managed care
A hospital which (a) is more than 50 miles from any similar hospital; (b) is 25 to 50 miles from a similar hospital and isolated from it at least 1 month per year by snow or is the exclusive provider ...
