Category: C
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Community health care
Activities and programs intended to improve the healthfulness of, and general health status in, a specified community. The term is widely used with may different definitions, and thus must be used with caution. It is variously defined, as above, in a manner similar to public health, synonymously with environmental health, as all health services of…
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Committee report
In Congress, a formal report by a Congressional committee to the House, Senate or both on a proposed law or other matter. The report is part of the legislative history and includes: a summary of the proposed law, recommendations as to its passage and amendments, relevant background information, a discussion and defense of its provisions,…
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Commission on professional and hospital activities
A nonprofit, nongovernmental organization in Ann Arbor, Michigan, established in 1955, which collects, processes, and distributes data on hospital use for management, evaluation and research purposes. The two main programs of CPHA are the Professional Activity Study (PAS) and the Medical Audit Program (MAP) which represent a continuing study of hospital practice. More than 1,800…
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Clinic
A facility, or part of one, for diagnosis and treatment of out-patients. Clinic is irregularly defined, sometimes either including or excluding physicians offices, sometimes being limited to facilities which serve poor or public patients, and sometimes being limited to facilities in which graduate or undergraduate medical education is done. A small hospital or a department…
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Claims review
Review of claims by governments, medical foundations, PAROs, insures or other responsible for payment to determine liability and amount of payment. This review may include determination of the eligibility of the claimant or beneficiary; of the eligibility of the provider of the benefit; that the benefit for which payment is claimed is covered; that the…
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Claims made policy
A form of malpractice insurance gaining increasing popularity among insurers because it increases the accuracy of ratemaking. In this type of policy the insured is covered for any claim made, rather than injury occurring, while the policy is in force. Claims made after the insurance lapses are not covered as they are by a claims…
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Claims incurred policy
The conventional form of malpractice insurance, under which the insured is covered for any claims arising from an incident which occurred or is alleged to have occurred during the policy period, regardless of when the claim is made. the only limiting factors are the statutes if limitations, which vary from State to State. An alternative…
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Claim
A request to an insurer by an insured person (or, on his behalf, by the provider of a service or good) for payment of benefits under an insurance policy.
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Civilian health and medical program of the veterans administration
A program, administered by the Department of Defense for the Veterans Administration, without premium but with cost-sharing provisions, which pays for health care provided by civilian providers to dependents of totally disabled veterans who are eligible for retirement pay from a uniformed service. The federal program, administered by the Defense Department for the Veterans Administration,…
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Civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services
A program, administered by the Department of Defense, without premium but with cost-sharing provisions, which pays for care delivered by civilian health providers to retired members, and dependents of active and retired members, of the seven uniformed services of the United States (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Commissioned Cori)s of the Public Health Service,…