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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Health care provider

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

A person who is trained and licenced to give health care. Also, a place that is licenced to give health care. Doctors, nurses, and hospitals are examples of health care providers.

Home patients

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

Medically-able individuals, who have their own dialysis equipment at home and after proper training, perform their own dialysis treatment alone or with the assistance of a helper.

No-fault insurance

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

No-fault insurance is insurance that pays for health care services resulting from injury to you or damage to your property regardless of who is at fault for causing the accident.

Provider network

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

The providers with which an M+C organisation contracts or makes arrangements to furnish covered health care services to Medicare enrollees under an M+C coordinated care or network MSA plan.

Open system interconnection

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

A multi-layer ISO data communications standard. Level Seven of this standard is industry-specific, and HL7 is responsible for specifying the level seven OSI standards for the health industry.

End-stage renal disease network

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

A group of private organisations that make sure you are getting the best possible care. ESRD networks also keep your facility aware of important issues about kidney dialysis and transplants.

Diabetic durable medical equipment

Insurance; Medicare & Medicaid

Purchased or rented ambulatory items, such a glucose metres and insulin infusion pumps, prescribed by a health care provider for use in managing a patient's diabetes, as covered by Medicare.