Category: C

Drug products from different sources which contain essentially identical amounts of the identical active ingredients in identical dosage forms, meet existing physiochemical standards in official compendia, and are therefore chemically indistinguishable.  

In malpractice, a doctrine in use in a decreasing number of States that nonprofit, or charitable, hospitals and other health facilities are not subject to suit for malpractice. The doctrine of charitable immunity relies on and involves: waiver of the patient’s right to sue for negligence by accepting the charity; the basic unfairness, either assumed…

Prices assigned to units of medical service, such as a visit to a physician or a day in a hospital. Charges for services may not be related to the actual costs of providing the services. Further, the methods by which charges are related to costs vary substantially from service to service and institution to institution.…

The dental equivalent of bedside.  

A certificate issued by a governmental body to an individual or organization proposing to construct or modify a health facility, or offer a new or different health service, which recognizes that such facility or service when available will be needed by those for whom it is intended, Where a certificate is required (for instance for…

In group insurance, a statement issued to a member of a group certifying that an insurance contract covering the member has been written and containing a summary of the terms applicable to that member. A document issued by an insurance company to verify that a particular person or institution is in fact insured for a…

Something that, if prevented, removed or eliminated, will prevent the occurrence of the event in question, and or, if permitted, introduced or maintained, will be followed by the event in question. A necessary cause is a a cause that must exist if a given event is to occur, but may not itself result in the…

In the Medicaid program the requirements (other than income and resources) which an individual must meet in order to be eligible for Medicaid benefits; also individuals who meet these requirements. Specifically, any individual eligible for Medicaid must fall into one of the four main categories of people who are eligible for welfare cash payments. He…

Persons who are both members of certain categories of groups eligible to receive public assistance, and economically needy. As used in Medicaid, this means a person who is aged blind disable, or member of a family with children under 18 (or 21, if in school) where one parent is absent, incapacitated or unemployed and, in…

Health insurance which provides protection against the high cost of treating severe or lengthy illnesses or disabilities. Generally such policies cover all or a specified percentage of medical expenses above an amount that is the responsibility of the insured himself (or the responsibility of another insurance policy up to a maximum limit of liability). Under…