Search results for: “health insurance legislation”

  • Managed Care

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Managed Care Meaning of Managed Care An organized way to manage costs, use, and quality of the health care system. The major types of managed care plans are health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and […]

  • General Agent

    General Agent

    This typically refers to a middle man agent who facilitates business between retail agents and the insurance company….

  • Morbidity

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Morbidity Meaning of Morbidity A mathematical representation of the occurrence of illnesses to a specific classification of people. Related Entries of Morbidity in […]

  • Insured

    Insured

    The person who procures an insurance. …

  • Insured

    Insured

    The person who procures an insurance. …

  • Hospital Care

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Hospital Care Meaning of Hospital Care Reimbursement for both inpatient and outpatient medical care expenses incurred in a hospital. Inpatient Benefits include; Charges for room and board, charges for […]

  • Policy

    Policy

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Plan Administration Meaning of Plan Administration Supervising the details and routine activities of installing and running a health plan, such as answering questions, enrolling individuals, billing and […]

  • Master Policy

    The group insurance policy that explains coverage to all members of the group….

  • Exclusion

    An exclusion is a provision within a health insurance policy that eliminates coverage for certain acts, property, types of damage or locations….

  • Referral

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Referral Meaning of Referral An OK from the primary care physician for the patient to see a specialist or get certain services. In many HMO plans, the insured person needs to get a referral before they […]

  • Advocacy

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Advocacy Meaning of Advocacy Any activity done to help a person or group to get something the person or group needs or wants. Synonyms of Advocacy […]

  • Renewal

    A change of something old for something new; as, the renewal of a note; the renewal of a lease. See Novation; 1 Bouv. Inst, note 800. …

  • Renewal

    A change of something old for something new; as, the renewal of a note; the renewal of a lease. See Novation; 1 Bouv. Inst, note 800. …

  • Cobra

    Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. A federal law passed in 1985 that permits many people who lose eligibility under a group health plan to continue using that coverage….

  • Medicare

    Federal health insurance program for the elderly (age 65 and older), certain disabled individuals, and those with end-stage renal disease. Medicare is administered by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)….