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General nature or nature terms.
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Fee-for-service (FFS)
Health care; General
Traditional method of payment for health care services where specific payment is made for specific services rendered. Usually people speak of this in contrast to capitation, DRG or per diem ...
Fiduciary
Health care; General
Relating to, or founded upon, a trust or confidence. A legal term. A fiduciary relationship exists where an individual or organisation has an explicit or implicit obligation to act in behalf of ...
Financial services modernization act
Health care; General
Legislation that allows convergence among the traditionally separate components of the financial services industry - banks, securities firms, and insurance companies. Also known as the ...
Fiscal intermediary
Health care; General
The agent (e.g., Blue Cross) that has contracted with providers of service to process claims for reimbursement under health care coverage. In addition to handling financial matters, it may perform ...
First dollar coverage
Health care; General
Insurance coverage with no front-end deductible where coverage begins with the first dollar of expense incurred by the insured for any covered benefit.
Fail first requirements (also called step therapy)
Health care; General
Drug plans may require an enrollee to try one drug before the plan will pay for another drug. Step therapy aims to control costs by requiring that enrollees use more common drugs which are usually ...
Favourable selection
Health care; General
Selection of subscribers or covered lives based on data that shows a tendency for utilisation of health services in that population group to be lower than expected or estimated.
