Health Insurance Flashcards
Application
Solicitud
Backdated/ Retroactive
Retroactivo
Brand medications
Medicamentos de marca
Care coordinator
Coordinador (a) de cuidados (s a trained health professional that helps to manage a patient’s care, for example, the elderly or disabled.)
Chronic condition
Condición Crónica
Co-insurance
Seguro co-participe (The percentage of costs of a covered health care service you pay (20%, for example) after you’ve paid your deductible.)
Co-pay
Co-pago ( copay is a fixed amount you pay for a health care service, usually when you receive the service. The amount can vary by the type of service.)
Cost sharing plan
Plan de gastos compartidos (You pay some of your health care costs and your health insurance company pays some of your health care costs. If you get a service or procedure that’s covered by a health or dental plan, you “share” the cost by paying a copayment, or a deductible and coinsurance.)
Deadline
Fecha limite/plazo
I can´t miss the deadline again.
Dental coverage
Cobertura dental. (Dental coverage makes more affordable dental care)
Durable medical equipment
Equipo médico duradero. (I wanto to buy durable medical equipment).
Eligibility
Elegibilidad. (They are going to analize my eligibility to apply to health insurance).
Enroll/enrollment
Inscribirse/inscripción.
Explanation of benefits
Explicación de beneficios. (The care coordinator is going to say me my explanation of benefits of my insurance).
Fill medications
Surtir/ abastecer medicamentos. (I wento to the farmacy to fill my medications).
Form
Formulario
Formulary medications
Medicamentos aprobados por el seguro (This insurance has a lot of formulary medications)
FSA- Flexible Spending Account
Cuenta de gastos flexibles. (A Flexible Spending Account (also known as a flexible spending arrangement) is a special account you put money into that you use to pay for certain out-of-pocket health care costs.)
GAP coverage
Cobertura de brecha
Generic medications
Medicamentos Genericos
Health Care
Cuidado de la salud (is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people.)
HIPAA LAW (Healthh insurance portability and accountability act)
Ley de portabilidad y responsabilidad de seguros médicos (gives you rights over your health information and sets rules and limits on who can look at and receive your health information)
HMO (Health maintenance organization) plan
Organización de mantenimiento de la salud. ( a health insurance plan that provides health services through a network of doctors for a monthly or annual fee)
Home attendant
Asistente doméstica (
Home health aid
Asistente de salud a domicilio
HSA-Health savings account
Cuenta de ahorros para gastos médicos. (Do you have a health savings account?)
In network
Dentro de la red