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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
primary source verification
Health care; Managed care
A process through which an HMO or managed care organization validates credentialing information from the organization that originally conferred or issued the credentialing element to the medical ...
coordinated benefits
Health care; Managed care
A process wherein if an individual has two group health plans, the amount payable is divided between the plans so that the combined coverage amounts to, but does not exceed, 100% of the charges. The ...
life management institute fellow (LMIF)
Health care; Managed care
A professional management designation in the life and health insurance industry.
college of health care information management executives
Health care; Managed care
A professional organization for health care chief information officers (CIOs).
Aid To Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) Program
Health care; Managed care
A program established by the Social Security Act of 1935 and eliminated by welfare reform legislation in 1996. AFDC provided cash payments to needy children (and their caretakers) who lacked support ...
labor-delivery-recovery-postpartum (LDRP)
Health care; Managed care
A program for all mothers, with equipment and supplies for complicated deliveries, in a home-like setting, with stays that can exceed 24 hr, which has been approved by the Division of Licensing and ...
