Popular term for “phased-down state contribution” that describes how the federal government is recovering (o r”clawing” back, from the states’ perspective) money spent on Medicare-covered drugs for persons dually eligible for Medicare and...
A term that describes health plans in which enrollees are permitted to receive non-emergency services only through specified providers. Group- and staff-model HMOs are examples of closed panel plans.
A medical condition that exists at the same time as the primary condition in the same patient (e.g., hypertension is a co-morbidity of many conditions such as heart disease, end-stage renal disease and diabetes).