All > Healthcare > Medicine > Malaria
White blood cells of the immune system that are derived from the bone marrow and spleen. B cells develop into plasma cells, which produce antibodies.
- Browse Related Terms: Anthropophilic, B-cell (B-lymphocyte), leukocyte, Leukocytosis, leukopenia, Phagocyte, Platelets, thrombocytopenia, Zoophilic
All > Healthcare > Medicine > Malaria
(singular: Bacterium) Single-celled organisms that are found throughout nature and can be beneficial or cause disease.
Also listed in:
- All > Healthcare > Medicine > Cancer
- All > Science > Biotechnology and Genetics > Human Genome
- All > Science > Biotechnology and Genetics > Stem Cell
- All > Science > Energy
- All > Science > Energy > Renewable Energy > Biomass
- All > Science > Weather > Climate Change
All > Healthcare > Medicine > Healthcare Associated Infections
More than one bacteria.
- Browse Related Terms: Bacterium, Clostridium difficile, Clostridium Difficile Infection, Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease (CDI), Collaboration, Cross-infection, Extended-spectrum ß-lactamase (ESBL), Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL), infection, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Multidrug-resistant Organism (MDRO), Pathogens, Spore, Stakeholder, Symptom, Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE)
Also listed in:
All > Healthcare > Health Insurance
When a provider bills you for the difference between the provider’s charge and the allowed amount. For example, if the provider’s charge is $100 and the allowed amount is $70, the provider may bill you for the remaining $30. A preferred provider may not balance bill you for covered services.
When a provider bills you for the difference between the provider’s charge and the allowed amount. For example, if the provider’s charge is $100 and the allowed amount is $70, the provider may bill you for the remaining $30. A preferred provider may not balance bill you for covered services.
When a provider bills you for the difference between the provider’s charge and the allowed amount. For example, if the provider’s charge is $100 and the allowed amount is $70, the provider may bill you for the remaining $30. A preferred provider may not balance bill you for covered services.
- Browse Related Terms: Allowed Amount, Balance Billing, interest, Out-of-Pocket, UCR (Usual, Customary, and Reasonable), Usual and Customary Charges (UCC), Usual, Customary and Reasonable (UCR), Usual, Customary and Reasonable (UCR) Charges, Usual, Customary and Reasonable charge (UCR), Usual, Customary, Reasonable (UCR), Utilization Review
All > Healthcare > Health Insurance
Organizing people together by age groups to calculate premiums.
- Browse Related Terms: Advanced Premium Tax Credit, Banding, Catastrophic Plan, Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans, dependent, Hardship Exemption, Health Savings Account (HSA), High deductible health plan (HDHP), High-Cost Excise Tax, Individual mandate, MinnesotaCare, Payment Frequency, Premium Tax Credit, Risk corridor
All > Healthcare > Medicine > Drug
A type of CNS depressant prescribed to promote sleep (usually in surgical procedures) or as an anticonvulsant.
- Browse Related Terms: barbiturate, Benzodiazepine, CNS Depressants, Narcolepsy, Polydrug Abuse, Prescription Drug Abuse, Psychotherapeutics, Respiratory Depression, Sedatives, Tranquilizers
Also listed in:
- All > Healthcare > Medicine > Cancer
Something that promotes or enhances well-being; an advantage.
- Browse Related Terms: antibiotic, Benefit, Co-morbidity, Congenital Heart Disease, coronary artery disease, Diabetes, Disease, Emergency, Estrogen, mortality, Pulse Rate
All > Healthcare > Health Insurance
A benefit level is a group of plans that have similar value. The groupings help you compare plans with similar covered benefits and costs to determine the plan that best fits your needs. The percentage represents the percent of your total benefit costs paid by the plan. You cover the rest.
- Browse Related Terms: Actuarial Value, Benefit Level, Coordination of Benefits, Dental Coverage, Excluded Services, Hospital Outpatient Care, Major Medical Health Insurance, Net Capital Gains, Subsidy, Total Cost Estimate (for health coverage)
All > Healthcare > Health Insurance
The health care items or services covered under a health insurance plan. Covered benefits and excluded services are defined in the health insurance plan's coverage documents. In Medicaid or CHIP, covered benefits and excluded services are defined in state program rules.
Products and services covered under health plans.
- Browse Related Terms: Benefits, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Dependent Coverage, Disability, Domestic Partnership, Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Services (EPSDT), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), fee, Health Coverage, Health Insurance Marketplace, Maryland Children’s Health Program (MCHP), Medicaid, Medicaid/Medical Assistance, Metal Level, State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP), State Medical Assistance Office, Subsidized Coverage, TRICARE
All > Healthcare > Medicine > Drug
A type of CNS depressant prescribed to relieve anxiety and sleep problems. Valium and Xanax are among the most widely prescribed medications.
- Browse Related Terms: barbiturate, Benzodiazepine, CNS Depressants, Narcolepsy, Polydrug Abuse, Prescription Drug Abuse, Psychotherapeutics, Respiratory Depression, Sedatives, Tranquilizers
All > Healthcare > Medicine > Drug
Biological products are approved for marketing under the provisions of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act. The Act requires a firm who manufactures a biologic for sale in interstate commerce to hold a license for the product. A biologics license application is a submission that contains specific information on the manufacturing processes, chemistry, pharmacology, clinical pharmacology and the medical affects of the biologic product. If the information provided meets FDA requirements, the application is approved and a license is issued allowing the firm to market the product.
- Browse Related Terms: Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA), Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) Number, application, Application Number, Approval Letter, Biologic License Application (BLA), Company, FDA Application Number, New Drug Application (NDA), New Drug Application (NDA) Number, Product Number, Review, Review Classification
All > Healthcare > Medicine > Drug
Biological products include a wide range of products such as vaccines, blood and blood components, allergenics, somatic cells, gene therapy, tissues, and recombinant therapeutic proteins. Biologics can be composed of sugars, proteins, or nucleic acids or complex combinations of these substances, or may be living entities such as cells and tissues. Biologics are isolated from a variety of natural sources — human, animal, or microorganism — and may be produced by biotechnology methods and other cutting-edge technologies. Gene-based and cellular biologics, for example, often are at the forefront of biomedical research, and may be used to treat a variety of medical conditions for which no other treatments are available.
In general, the term "drugs" includes therapeutic biological products.
- Browse Related Terms: Active Ingredient, agonist, antagonist, Biological Product, Buprenorphine, Detoxification, Drug, methadone, Opioid, Therapeutic Biological Product
All > Healthcare > Health Insurance
The generic version of more complicated medications.
- Browse Related Terms: Accreditation, Biosimilar Biological Products, Denial, Experimental and/or Investigational Medical Services, Not Yet Accredited (Health Plan), Pre-authorization, Preauthorization, Prior Authorization, Provider
A condition in which people go back and forth between periods of feeling very good (mania) and irritable or depressed. The change between mania and depression can occur quickly.
- Browse Related Terms: Acid Reflux, Allergy, Anesthesia, Bipolar Disorder, Complication, Hepatitis B, hysterectomy, Long-term Care, Medication/Medicine, Morbidity, prognosis, Surgery
All > Healthcare > Health Insurance
A board and care facility offers no nursing services. It is designed for people who are unable to take care of their day-to-day feeding, hygiene, and/or ambulatory needs. Sometimes called an "assisted living facility," their orientation is for provision of service over the "long term."
- Browse Related Terms: Acute Care Facility, Assisted Living, Board and Care Facility (Long Term), Hospice Care, Inpatient Care, Long-term Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), Skilled Nursing Facility Care
All > Healthcare > Health Insurance
A drug sold by a drug company under a specific name or trademark and that is protected by a patent. Brand name drugs may be available by prescription or over the counter.
- Browse Related Terms: Annual Deductible Combined, Brand Name (Drugs), Donut Hole, Medicare Prescription Drug, Drug Formulary, Drug List, Essential Benefits, Excluded Drugs, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Formulary, Generic Drug, Generic Drugs, Medicare, Medicare Part D, Medicare Prescription Drug Donut Hole, Name-brand Drug, Out-of-Pocket Estimate, Over-the-Counter Drug, Prescription Drug, Prescription Drug Coverage, Prescription Drugs
All > Healthcare > Medicine > Drug
A brand name drug is a drug marketed under a proprietary, trademark-protected name.
- Browse Related Terms: Brand Name Drug, Chemical Type, Dosage Form, Drug Product, Generic Drug, Medication Guide, New Molecular Entity (NME), Over-the-Counter Drugs (OTC), Patient Package Insert (PPI), Pharmaceutical Equivalents, Prescription Drug Product, Strength, Therapeutic Equivalence (TE), Therapeutic Equivalence (TE) Codes
All > Healthcare > Health Insurance
An agent or broker is a person or business who can help you apply for help paying for coverage and enroll in a Qualified Health Plan (QHP) through the Marketplace. They can make specific recommendations about which plan you should enroll in. They’re also licensed and regulated by states and typically get payments, or commissions, from health insurers for enrolling a consumer into an issuer's plans. Some brokers may only be able to sell plans from specific health insurers.
A person licensed by the State to sell insurance coverage with multiple health plans or insurers. The broker represents you and not the insurance companies. The broker helps you shop for the best policy. Note that no license is necessary to sell HMO products in California.
Also listed in:
- All > Business > Finance
- All > Business > Finance > Insurance > Auto Insurance
- All > Business > Finance > Insurance > Homeowners Insurance
- All > Business > Finance > Personal Finance
- All > Business > Real Estate
- All > Science > Energy > Energy Market
All > Healthcare > Health Insurance
Insurance agents or brokers who have been certified by Maryland Health Connection can help you select and purchase health coverage.
- Browse Related Terms: agent, Authorized Representative, Broker, Brokers, Connector Organizations, Exchange, Marketplace, Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP), Uninsured
All > Healthcare > Health Insurance
- See Health Plan Categories
- Browse Related Terms: Bronze Health Plan, Cost Sharing Reduction, Gold Health Plan, Health Plan Categories, Platinum Health Plan, Silver Health Plan