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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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PPS year
Health care; Managed care
A designation referring to hospital cost reporting periods that begin during a given federal fiscal year, reflecting the number of years since the initial implementation of PPS. For example, PPS1 ...
prosthetic appliance
Health care; Managed care
A device used as artificial substitutes to replace a missing natural part of the body; also a device to improve the performance of a natural function. Prosthetic appliances do not include eyeglasses, ...
ad valorem tax
Health care; Managed care
A direct tax calculated “according to value” of hospital property. Such tax is based on an assigned valuation (market or assessed) of real hospital property and, in certain cases, on a valuation of ...
nongroup
Health care; Managed care
A directly enrolled cohort without affiliation for medical or other insurance.
disability income
Health care; Managed care
A disability benefit provided by a specific health insurance contract that pays a regular monthly income if the insured is disabled by sickness or accident. Also, under certain life insurance ...
disability benefits law
Health care; Managed care
A disability benefits system, established by statute, under which employees, temporarily out of work because of nonoccupational disability caused by either illness or injury, receive certain ...
temporary-partial disability
Health care; Managed care
A disability causing a partial loss of earning power, but from which full recovery can be expected.
