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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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Health care; Managed care
A written, short-term promise of an issuer to repay a specified principal amount on a date certain, together with interest at a stated rate, payable from a defined source of anticipated revenue. ...
affidavit of claim
Health care; Managed care
A written, signed statement required when a claim is filed with an insurer and containing the facts on which the claim is based.
tort
Health care; Managed care
A wrongful act (or failure to act) by one person that gives another person the right to sue for damages.
cost-avoidance
Health care; Managed care
Ability of a health care organization to obviate the need for costs by operating in new ways.
facultative
Health care; Managed care
Ability of a reinsurance company to accept or reject the risk of a ceding company.
accessibility of services
Health care; Managed care
Ability to get medical care and services when needed.
home patients
Health care; Managed care
Able individuals, who have their own dialysis equipment at home, and aft er proper training, perform their own dialysis treatment alone or with the assistance of a helper.