General

General

General nature or nature terms.

Contributors in General

General

Medicare cost plans are a type of HMO that contracts as a Medicare Health Plan. As with other HMOs, the plan only pays for services outside its service area when they are emergency or urgently needed ...

Medicare cost report (MCR)

Health care; General

An annual report required of institutions participating in the Medicare program. The MCR records each institution's total costs and charges associated with providing services to all patients, the ...

Medicare coverage

Health care; General

Made up of two parts: Hospital Insurance (Part A) and Medical Insurance (Part B). The term of coverage does not include Medicare Drug Plans (Part D). See Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B.

Medicare economic index (MEI)

Health care; General

An index that tracks changes over time in physician practise costs. From 1975 through 1991, for example, increases in prevailing charge screens were limited to increases in the MEI.

Medicare health plans

Health care; General

A plan offered by a private company that contracts with Medicare to provide the enrollee with Medicare Part A and/or Part B benefits. Medicare Health Plans include Medicare Advantage plans (including ...

Medicare managed care plan

Health care; General

A type of Medicare Advantage Plan that is available in some areas of the country. In most managed care plans, enrollees can only go to doctors, specialists, or hospitals on the plan's list. Plans ...

Medicare part a

Health care; General

The Medicare component that provides basic hospital insurance to cover the costs of inpatient hospital services, confinement in nursing facilities or other extended care facilities after ...