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.

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Medicare Part A (hospital insurance)

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

Hospital insurance that pays for inpatient hospital stays, care in a skilled nursing facility, hospice care, and some home health care.

Fee-screen year

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

A specified period of time in which SMI-recognized fees pertain. The fee-screen year period has changed over the history of the program.

Case manager

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

A nurse, doctor, or social worker who arranges all services that are needed to give proper health care to a patient or group of patients.

Part A (hospital insurance)

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

Hospital insurance that pays for inpatient hospital stays, care in a skilled nursing facility, hospice care, and some home health care.

Morbidity rate

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

The rate of illness in a population. The number of people ill during a time period divided by the number of people in the total population.

Employer group health plan (GHP)

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

A GHP is a health plan that: * Gives health coverage to employees, former employees, and their families, and * Is from an employer or employee organization.

State or local public health clinic

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

A facility maintained by either State or local health departments that provides ambulatory primary medical care under the general direction of a physician.