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A group of affiliated contracted healthcare providers (physicians, hospitals, testing centers, rehabilitation centres etc.), such as an HMO, PPO, or Point of Service plan.
Industry:Health care
A group insurance plan that requires no payment from employees for their healthcare coverage.
Industry:Health care
A healthcare provider who is not part of a health plan. Usually patients must pay their own healthcare costs to see a non-participating provider.
Industry:Health care
A nurse specialist who provides primary and/or specialty care to patients. In some states nurse practitioners do not have to be supervised by a doctor.
Industry:Health care
A specified period of time during which people are allowed to change health plans.
Industry:Health care
A right included in an HMO, which allows the covered person to get non-emergency covered services from a specialist without getting a referral from the primary care physician or gatekeeper.
Industry:Health care
The amount of money that a person must pay for his or her healthcare, including: deductibles, co-pays, payments for services that are not covered, and/or health insurance premiums that are not paid by his or her employer.
Industry:Health care
The maximum amount that a person must pay under a plan or insurance contract.
Industry:Health care
Measures of the effectiveness of particular kinds of medical treatment. This refers to what is quantified to determine if a specific treatment or type of service works.
Industry:Health care
Healthcare services that do not require a patient to receive overnight care in a hospital.
Industry:Health care
