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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Branża: Government
Number of terms: 15199
Number of blossaries: 0
Company Profile:
The federal agency that runs the Medicare program. In addition, CMS works with the States to run the Medicaid program. CMS works to make sure that the beneficiaries in these programs are able to get high quality health care.
An organization that performs or coordinates the retrieval, preservation, and transportation of organs and maintains a system of locating prospective recipients for available organs.
Industry:Insurance
Permanent kidney failure. That stage of renal impairment that appears irreversible and permanent, and requires a regular course of dialysis or kidney transplantation to maintain life.
Industry:Insurance
The highest amount of money you have to pay out of your pocket during a certain period of time for certain covered charges. Setting a maximum amount you will have to pay protects you.
Industry:Insurance
A health plan, such as a Medicare managed care plan or Private Fee-for-Service plan offered by a private company and approved by Medicare. An alternative to the Original Medicare Plan.
Industry:Insurance
Net earnings from self-employment-generally above $400 and below the annual maximum taxable amount for a calendar or other taxable year-less any taxable wages in the same taxable year.
Industry:Insurance
The cost of the mix of goods and services (including personnel costs but excluding nonoperating costs) comprising routine, ancillary, and special care unit inpatient hospital services.
Industry:Insurance
This kind of insurance pays a certain cash amount for each day you are in the hospital up to a certain number of days. Indemnity insurance doesn?t fill gaps in your Medicare coverage.
Industry:Insurance
A person who helps care for someone who is ill, disabled, or aged. Some caregivers are relatives or friends who volunteer their help. Some people provide caregiving services for a cost.
Industry:Insurance
An industry association that represents the interests of commercial health care insurers. The HIAA participates in the maintenance of some code sets, including the HCPCS Level II codes.
Industry:Insurance
The company that publishes the X12N HIPAA Implementation Guides and the X12N HIPAA Data Dictionary. It developed the X12 Data Dictionary, and that hosts the EHNAC STFCS testing program.
Industry:Insurance