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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.

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Medicare & Medicaid

Data council

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

A coordinating body within HHS that has high-level responsibility for overseeing the implementation of the A/S provisions of HIPAA.

Flat file

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

This term usually refers to a file that consists of a series of fixed-length records that include some sort of record type code.

Efficient

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

Activities performed effectively with minimum of waste or unnecessary effort, or producing a high ratio of results to resources.

Evidence

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

Signs that something is true or not true. Doctors can use published studies as evidence that a treatment works or does not work.

Medicare premium collection centre (MPCC)

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

The contractor that handles all Medicare direct billing payments for direct billed beneficiaries. MPCC is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

National centre for Health Statistics

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

A federal organisation within the CDC that collects, analyzes, and distributes health care statistics. The NCHS maintains the ICD-n-CM codes.

Continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

A type of dialysis where the patient generally dialyzes at home and utilises an automated peritoneal cycler for delivering dialysis exchanges.

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