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try to spend less on RX to avoid paying 100% of cost of RX while in hole
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Part D - Medicare
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# of cases of disease or injury at a particular pt in time
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prevalence
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try to spend less on RX to avoid paying 100% of cost of RX while in hole
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Part D - Medicare
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# of cases of disease or injury at a particular pt in time
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prevalence
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# of NEW cases of a disease that occur in a pop that is at risk for disease
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incidence
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$1000 benefit more valuable than $1000 raise
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employee's w/ health benefits
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$37 dollar premium and a $250 deductible
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Part D - Medicare
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$600 credit if income is below $12,569
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Medicare RX Discount Cards
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$78.20 monthly premium, $110 deductible
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Part B - Medicare
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45 million and 11 million are children
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uninsured
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501-c-3 Corporations
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Not for Profit - charitable
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501-c-4 Corporations
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Not for Profit - not charitable
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65 and over, disabled, ESRD
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Medicare
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75% discount on drugs until you spend $2,250 on drugs
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Part D - Medicare
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accepting this form of Medicare = more patients
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Medicare assignment
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added in addition to Fee for Service under part A and B plans
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Part C - Medicare
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all excess revenue goes to community/institution
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Not for Profit - not charitable
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allows unemployed to buy insurance from previous employer
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cobra
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allows you to go to services outside of the HMO plan
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Point of Service
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amt of risk of acquiring a disease increases with exposure to risk factor
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Relative risk
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Arcadia, Church, synagogue
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Not for Profit - charitable
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as long as you pick a participating provider you pay 10% they pay 90%
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PPO
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because patients became sicker/ hospitalized and unable to pay for care
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Tenncare
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Beyond $2,250 = no benefits until you spend $3,600
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Part D - Medicare
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bought by those who have Medicare - covers costs over $3,600
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Catastrophic Coverage
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cannot manage the elderly and make a profit
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HMO
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Care after 30days of hospitalization
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Subacute care
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care is fragmented and differs by state
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Medicaid
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care that takes place in a hospital
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Acute care
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causes ER care to be wasted - b/c doesn’t cover primary care
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Medicaid
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Charitable organization - tax exempt
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Not for Profit - charitable
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comprehensive inpatient and outpatient coverage
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Medicaid
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contract with many HMO's
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IPA
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contract with more than one group practice
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Network HMO
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contract with muti-speciality physician group practice
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Group Model HMO
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covers physician/PA services
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Part B - Medicare
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Deontological approach - its an individual resp to do what is right
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market justice
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determines a rate for service
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Medicare assignment
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disabled Americans
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Medicare
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discount cards - 15 - 25% off
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Medicare RX Discount Cards
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does not keep up with reimbursement or hospital costs
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Medicaid
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does not reimburse the provider enough to cover their costs
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Medicaid
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does not use preventative medicine
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Indemnity Health Care
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doesn't care how much a physician charges for a visit
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Medicare assignment
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doughnut hole - between $2,250 and $3,600
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Part D - Medicare
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drug companies raised the price of RX to nullify the 75% discount
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Part D - Medicare
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each state receives diff amts of $$ depending on service/pop
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Medicaid
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eligibility req. change state to state
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Medicaid
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emphasis on prevention along with social/enviro determinants of disease
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Public Health
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employee pays a portion of the health insurance
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premium
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equitable distribution of health care is a societal responsibility
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social justice
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everyone in the community has the same premium
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community rating
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expanded kinds of private health care = managed health care
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Part C - Medicare
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extra money to community/institution
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Not for Profit
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Federal and state program
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Medicaid
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Federal Poverty Level - $20,00 for family of 4
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Medicaid
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Federal Poverty Level - $9,800 - for one person
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Medicaid
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Federal prgm/no state involvement
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Medicare
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focus is on populations
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Public Health
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for profit and experience rated
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Commercial insurance
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freedom to see any physician you want
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Indemnity Health Care
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general population is sicker
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community rating
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get the HMO benefits but can see any other provider within the plan
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Point of Service
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government cannot help regulate cost of RX made by drug company
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Part D - Medicare
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Greatest saving exist here - practitioner is at risk
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HMO - Capitation
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Group Health of Puget sound
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Staff Model - HMO
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group which pays or physician services
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Blue Shield
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has share holders
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For Profit
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Have community boards/Board of trustees
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Not for Profit
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have to make below poverty level
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Medicaid
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health care is delivered using a prepaid sys where costs are contained
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Medicaid Managed Care
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health care plan for indigent
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Medicaid
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health care plan for seniors
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Medicare
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health care provider comp BC/BS
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BS
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health care system in most countries around the world
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Universal health care
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healthy people subsidize the cost for the unhealthy
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adverse selection
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healthy young people have lower premiums
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experience rating
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highest life expectancy
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Switzerland
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HMO employs the physicians and PA's
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Staff Model - HMO
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hospital component of BC/BS
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BC
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illegal to waive the copay
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Medicare
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includes PPO's
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Part C - Medicare
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increases with a decrease in insurance
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Relative risk
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independent physicians join and form a group which contracts with HMO's
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IPA
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indigent move to states with better benefits
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Medicaid
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indigent pt is treated by primary care early in the illness
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Medicaid managed care
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individual contribution toward part B premium
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Medicare
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insurance companies and pharmacies cannot disclose the cost of RX
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Part D - Medicare
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Insurance plan of greater NY
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Network HMO
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insurer wants provider to treat patient - no referral to specialist
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HMO - Capitation
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it is your own responsibility to be able to afford health care
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market justice
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Kaiser = HMO = insurance company
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Group Model HMO
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Kaiser Permanente
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Group Model HMO
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keep patients away from hospital, ER, and specialists
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Managed Care
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large gaps contribute to significant out of pocket expenses
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Part D - Medicare
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look patients which have shared health care needs
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Population Based Health Care
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manage the population - dec use of services/provider makes more $$
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Managed Care
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manage the population - i.e. diabetics with diabetic educator
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Managed Care
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managed care, medical savings accounts, private fee for service plan
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Part C - Medicare
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manages health care for enrolled population not just individuals
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Managed Care
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mandated part - hospital insurance
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Part A - Medicare
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Mass offers limited services - gets little money
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Medicaid
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maximum $30 monthly premium
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Medicare RX Discount Cards
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maximum out of pocket liability
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stop-loss
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means tests established by states
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Medicaid
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measure outcomes for all patients
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Population Based Health Care
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measuring a chronic disease
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prevalence
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measuring an acute disease
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incidence
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Medicaid may buy this part if you are eligible for Medicaid = buy in
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Part B - Medicare
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medical care distributed based on the ability and willingness to pay
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market justice
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medical care is an inherent right b/c you are part of the community
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social justice
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Medicare pays the physician directly and the patient pays you
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Medicare assignment
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more evident around July1st or January 1st
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deductible
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more likely to use Pas and NPs to deliver primary care
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Group Model HMO
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more likely to use Pas and NPs to deliver primary care
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Staff Model - HMO
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most common model
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IPA
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municipal fee - NYC
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Medicaid
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no desire to keep you well - the sicker the pt the more money 4 provider
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Indemnity Health Care
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no individual premium contribution
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Medicaid
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no means test
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Medicare
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not mandated but an option
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Part B - Medicare
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not penalized for sending someone to an ophthalmologist
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HMO - Capitation
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NY offers many services gets a lot of money
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Medicaid
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only concerned with what keeps you well for the next 3 years
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Managed Care
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Only get full capitation if providers costs stay down $45 per head -> $36
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HMO - Capitation
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only permitted 5 RX's patients became sicker
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Tenncare
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originally community rated
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Blue Cross
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out of pocket expense each time service is received
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co-payment
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outpatient care and durable medical Equipment
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Part B - Medicare
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overall nursing home care
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Medicaid
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maximum $30 monthly premium
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Medicare RX Discount Cards
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maximum out of pocket liability
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stop-loss
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means tests established by states
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Medicaid
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measure outcomes for all patients
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Population Based Health Care
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measuring a chronic disease
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prevalence
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measuring an acute disease
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incidence
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Medicaid may buy this part if you are eligible for Medicaid = buy in
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Part B - Medicare
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medical care distributed based on the ability and willingness to pay
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market justice
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medical care is an inherent right b/c you are part of the community
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social justice
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Medicare pays the physician directly and the patient pays you
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Medicare assignment
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more evident around July1st or January 1st
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deductible
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more likely to use Pas and NPs to deliver primary care
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Group Model HMO
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more likely to use Pas and NPs to deliver primary care
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Staff Model - HMO
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most common model
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IPA
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municipal fee - NYC
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Medicaid
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no desire to keep you well - the sicker the pt the more money 4 provider
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Indemnity Health Care
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no individual premium contribution
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Medicaid
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no means test
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Medicare
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not mandated but an option
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Part B - Medicare
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not penalized for sending someone to an ophthalmologist
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HMO - Capitation
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NY offers many services gets a lot of money
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Medicaid
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only concerned with what keeps you well for the next 3 years
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Managed Care
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Only get full capitation if providers costs stay down $45 per head -> $36
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HMO - Capitation
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only permitted 5 RX's patients became sicker
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Tenncare
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originally community rated
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Blue Cross
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out of pocket expense each time service is received
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co-payment
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outpatient care and durable medical Equipment
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Part B - Medicare
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overall nursing home care
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Medicaid
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paid a certain amt of money per person - usually in primary care
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HMO - Capitation
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paid smaller salaries and pay less income tax
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employee's w/ health benefits
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partially funded through SS
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Medicare
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patient pays full bill - insurance company partially reimburses
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Indemnity Health Care
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patient receives more health care benefits
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HMO
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patient receives some coverage for services given by nonparticipate docs
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Point of Service
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payment before insurance benefits kick in
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deductible
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pays 95% for a patients to be enrolled in an HMO
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Medicare
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Permanente = who the physicians work for
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Group Model HMO
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person chooses more benefits over raise
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employee's w/ health benefits
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physician doesn't get paid by Medicare
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Medicare no assignment
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physicians accept financial risk
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Managed Care
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physicians have practices in places where patient pays bill in full
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Medicare no assignment
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plan is highly complex - hard for seniors to understand
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Part D - Medicare
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plan which pays a fixed amount
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Indemnity plans
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plan which pays a percentage of the bill
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Service
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point of service
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POS
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practice preventatively - get paid if you provide service or not
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Managed Care
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practioner gets paid the same amount regardless of # of visits
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HMO - Capitation
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Practioner wants to keep you well - prospective payment
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HMO - Capitation
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preferred provider options
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PPO
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premium based on demographics/actual group
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experience rating
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premium based on utilization in a geographic area
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community rating
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premium is based on the people being insured
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experience rating
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prescription drug plan
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Part D - Medicare
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Prevention - has a long term life cycle b4 you see return - ie mammogram
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Managed Care
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private health insurance - fills gaps of Medicare
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Medigap Plans
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program before 1974
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Indemnity Health Care
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program made the cut because there were people who had no coverage
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Tenncare
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promote social welfare
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Not for Profit - not charitable
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prospective - payment provided even before you provide service
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Managed Care
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providers decline to see more than 10% of these patients
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Medicaid
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provides insurance for hospital care
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Blue Cross
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pts with end stage renal disease
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Medicare
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quality of care and pt satisfaction determine amt paid
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HMO - Capitation
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radical departure from fee for service
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Managed Care
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receive list of participating providers
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PPO
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receives payment directly from patient
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Medicare no assignment
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rehabilitative nursing home care
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Medicare
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reimbursements less than 75% of Medicare reimbursements
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Medicaid
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requires significant intervention
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social justice
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retrospective payment - practitioner provides services then is paid
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Indemnity Health Care
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risk is on practitioner/provider
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Managed Care
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run by individual states = 50 different systems
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Medicaid
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run less tests/but must run some to prevent sickness which dec ur $$
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Managed Care
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Salaries not based on amt of $ made
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Not for Profit
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San Joaquin County Foundation
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IPA
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shift of financial risk from insurer to provider
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HMO - Capitation
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shows how disease and drugs/treatments affects a population
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Relative risk
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started in 1939 by a California physician
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Blue Shield
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study of a disease and how it is distributed within a population
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epidemiology
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study of which factors influences the distribution of disease within pop.
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epidemiology
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Supplemental medical insurance
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Part B - Medicare
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takes the risk back to the patient
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consumer driven health care
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tax exempt - no share holders
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Not for Profit - not charitable
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tend to enroll the healthiest of the elderly population
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HMO
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term for not paying for the total cost for service
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subsidized
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the more the patient comes the more it costs the practitioner
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HMO - Capitation
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Tightest control = minimal amt of cost
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Staff Model - HMO
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to qualify you have to be at poverty level ie - $9000
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Tenncare
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treats health care like any other commodity
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market justice
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understanding how a disease exits in the community
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epidemiology
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up till 2003 RX drugs were not covered at all
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Part D - Medicare
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use hospitals more than any other group
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Medicare
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usually has prospective payment
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Managed Care
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Utilitarianism - the greatest good for the greatest number
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social justice
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Vermont and Massachusetts health care system
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Universal health care
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very little risk falls on the practitioner - practitioner sees you a lot
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Indemnity Health Care
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very profitable
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Medicaid managed care
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walker, commode, O2
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Part B - Medicare
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way of pooling/distributing risk
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insurance
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who should receive what services, how many, and what type
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distributive justice
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Withholds part of capitation - gives bonuses
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HMO - Capitation
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you pay 30% HMO pays 70%
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Point of Service
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