Home > Industry/Domain > Insurance > Medicare & Medicaid

Medicare & Medicaid

Medical insurance programs administered by the U.S. federal government that provide health care coverage for the elderly (people over 65) and certain people and families with low incomes and resources.

Contributors in Medicare & Medicaid

Medicare & Medicaid

Virtual private network

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

A technical strategy for creating secure connections, or tunnels, over the Internet.

Treatment options

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

The choices you have when there is more than one way to treat your health problem.

Patient lifts

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

Equipment to move a patient from a bed or wheelchair using your strength or a motor.

Standard transaction

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

Under HIPAA, this is a transaction that complies with the applicable HIPAA standard.

Election

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

Your decision to join or leave the Original Medicare Plan or a Medicare+Choice plan.

National Association of Health Data organisations

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

A group that promotes the development and improvement of state and national health information systems.

Unit input intensity allowance

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

The amount added to, or subtracted from, the hospital input price index to yield the PPS update factor.

Featured blossaries

Asia Cup 2015

Category: Sports   2 10 Terms

Top Ten Instant Noodles Of All Time 2014

Category: Food   1 10 Terms