Insurance Flashcards
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Medical insurance
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- contract between the holder of a policy and an insurance company to reimburse a percentage of the cost of the policyholder’s medical bills, usually after the policy holder has paid a deductible
2
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Health insurance
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- includes provisions for maintaining good health rather than simply paying for illnesses and injuries
3
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Accidents include (athletic accident insurance)
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- acute, traumatic injuries, independent of any other cause or preexisting condition, that occur during practice and games
4
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catastrophic insurance
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- first 75,000 in medical bills has been reached and provides lifetime medical rehab and disability coverage
5
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elective or diagnostic treatments
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- can be excluded from health insurance policies
6
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UCR
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usual customary and reasonable
reimbursement for medical services
- developed by the federal government to reimburse health care providers through the medicare system
7
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Self-insurance
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- many national governing organizations such as the NCAA have rules that prevent educational institutions from paying da money
- no one has it because liability
8
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primary coverage
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- medical or accident insurance that begins to pay for covered medical expenses as soon as the institution pays the deductible
- simplifies and accelerates claims processing because fam doesn’t need to be involved
9
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secondary coverage
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- excess insurance
- pays for covered medical expenses only after all other insurance policies, including the athletes personal medical insurance have reached their limit
10
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third party reimbursement
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- health care practitioners receive reimbursement from a policyholder’s insurance company for services they preform
11
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Health maintenance organizations
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- provide participating health care practitioners with a fixed fee for services rendered to members
12
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capitation
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system usually but not always determines fees
- patients insured by an HMO must use a primary care provider that participates in the HMO
13
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PPOs
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- preferred provider organizations
- allow greater choice of health care providers and pay medical vendors on a fee for service rather than a captivated basis
14
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point of service plan
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POS
- pos plans assign primary care physicians who act as gate keepers by coordinating patient care