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The Federal agency responsible for administering community development, affordable housing, and other programs including Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA).
- Browse Related Terms: AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Chief Elected Official (CEO), Grantee, Health Insurance Continuity Program (HICP), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB), Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS (HOPWA), Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA), Lead Agency, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Public Health Service (PHS), Section 340B Drug Discount Program, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
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The amount paid for a medical service in a geographic area based on what providers in the area usually charge for the same or similar medical service. The UCR amount sometimes is used to determine the allowed amount.
- 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
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Health care or services provided by hospitals or health care providers that don't get reimbursed. Often uncompensated care arises when people don't have insurance and cannot afford to pay the cost of care.
- Browse Related Terms: Capitation, claim, External Review, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), Fee-for-Service, Health Care Workforce Incentive, Home Health Care, Internal review, Member Survey Results, Original Medicare, Penalty, Uncompensated Care, Value-Based Purchasing (VBP)
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Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal. Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose, or sugar, for our bodies to use for energy. The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, makes a hormone called insulin to help glucose get into the cells of our bodies. When you have diabetes, your body either does not make enough insulin or cannot use its own insulin as well as it should. This causes sugar to build up in your blood. Diabetes can cause serious health complications including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and lower-extremity amputations. Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.
- Browse Related Terms: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC), Diabetes, Exposed, Hypertension, Hypertension Admissions, Invasive, mortality, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Standard Precautions/Universal Precautions, Surgical incision site, The Joint Commission (TJC), Uncontrolled Diabetes Admissions
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If you do not currently have health insurance, you are uninsured.
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The unmet need for primary health services among individuals who know their HIV status but are not receiving primary health care.
- Browse Related Terms: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Capacity, Core Services, Early Intervention Services (EIS), Family Centered Care, Health Care for the Homeless Health Center, Health Centers, Home and Community Based Care, Medicaid Spend-down, Part B, Part C, Part D, Part F (SPNS) (Special Projects of National Significance), Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, Ryan White HIV/AIDS Act of 2009 (Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program), Service Gaps, Support Services, Unmet Need
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Care for an illness, injury or condition serious enough that a reasonable person would seek care right away, but not so severe as to require emergency room care.
Care for an illness, injury or condition serious enough that a reasonable person would seek care right away, but not so severe as to require emergency room care.
Care for an illness, injury or condition serious enough that a reasonable person would seek care right away, but not so severe as to require emergency room care.
- Browse Related Terms: Chronic Condition, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), Emergency Medical Condition, Hospice Services, Major Medical Plan, Public Health, Reconstructive Surgery, Special Health Care Need, Urgent Care
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A flexible tube that is inserted through the urethra and into the bladder to drain urine from the bladder into a bag or container.
- Browse Related Terms: Catheter, Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), Central line, Central line catheter, Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI), IV catheter, Urinary catheter, Urinary Tract Infection Admissions
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The urinary tract includes the kidneys, bladder and the tubes that help carry urine through the urinary tract and out of the body. Most often, infections occur in the bladder and lower urinary tract. Antibiotics are the usual treatment.
- Browse Related Terms: Catheter, Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), Central line, Central line catheter, Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI), IV catheter, Urinary catheter, Urinary Tract Infection Admissions
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The amount that your insurance company determines is the normal payment range for a specific medical procedure performed within a given geographic area. If the charges you submit to your health insurance company are higher than what is considered normal for the covered health care services, then your health insurance company may not allow the full amount charged to you.
- 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
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The amount paid for a medical service in a geographic area based on what providers in the area usually charge for the same or similar medical service. The UCR amount sometimes is used to determine the allowed amount.
- 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
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The cost associated with a health care service that is consistent with the going rate for identical or similar services within a particular geographic area.
Reimbursement for out-of-network providers is often set at a percentage of the “usual, customary and reasonable” charge, which may differ from what the provider actually charges for a service.
When an insurer disallows a portion of a charge as being in excess of the Usual and Customary allowance, it means only that the charge is in excess of the standard the company used to determine Usual and Customary, or UCR. Providers are free to charge whatever fee for service they choose. Your insurance coverage is designed to provide benefits up to the plan’s Usual and Customary percentile and is priced accordingly.
Your policy should contain a definition of Reasonable and Customary (or UCR) and explain how claims will be paid. If you disagree with the amount paid or if you believe a claim was denied improperly, there is a step-by-step process by which consumers may appeal the decision.
- 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
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The cost associated with a health care service that is consistent with the going rate for identical or similar services within a particular geographic area. Reimbursement for out-of-network providers is often set at a percentage of the usual, customary and reasonable charge, which may differ from what the provider actually charges for a service. Minn. Stat. 62A.61 requires disclosure of methods used by health carriers to determine usual and customary fees.
- 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
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The amount paid for a medical service in a geographic area based on what providers in the area usually charge for the same or similar medical service. The UCR amount sometimes is used to determine the allowed amount.
- 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
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Insurance companies and hospitals watch their costs and quality by having medical personnel review selected medical cases. They look at the types and frequency of medical services given and the charges associated with them.
- 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