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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

psychiatric residential treatment center

Health care; Managed care

A facility or distinct part of a facility for psychiatric care that provides a total 24-hr therapeutically planned and professionally staffed group living and learning environment.

vendor

Health care; Managed care

A facility or medical practitioner who provides service to insured patients for a fee.

approved health care facility, hospital, or program

Health care; Managed care

A facility or program that is authorized to provide health services and allowed by a given health plan to provide services stipulated in contract.

Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association National Transplant Network Facility

Health care; Managed care

A facility that contracts with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association to perform specific organ transplants.

ESRD facility

Health care; Managed care

A facility that is approved to furnish at least one specific end-stage renal disease service. These services may be performed in a renal transplantation center, a renal dialysis facility, ...

freestanding outpatient surgical center

Health care; Managed care

A facility that only provides outpatient surgical services.

psychiatric health facility (PHF)

Health care; Managed care

A facility that provides 24-hr inpatient care for mentally disordered, incompetent. Such care usually includes, but not be limited to, the following basic services: psychiatry; clinical psychology; ...

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