FACILITES
Provides medical or surgical are and treatment for the sick or injured.
What is a hospital?
Supported by donations, membership fees, fundraisers, or grants.
What is nonprofit?
The amount you pay each month for covered insurance
what is a premium?
International agency sponsored by the united nations.
What is WHO?
Mainly provide assistance and care for elderly patients, usually called residents
What is a Long-term care facilities (LTCs or LTCFs) ?
Healthcare 65 and older, for any person with a disability who has received Social Security benefits for at least 2 years, and for any person with end-stage renal (kidney) disease
What is medicare?
What is max-out-of pocket?
A division of the USDHHS; concerned with the causes, spread, and control of diseases in populations
What is CDC?
Vary from offices that are privately owned by one physician to large complexes that operate as corporations and employ many physicians and other healthcare professionals.
What are medical offices?
Amount you pay for covered insurance before your insurance starts to pay.
What is a deductible?
Percentage of costs of covered health care service you pay after you have paid your deductible.
What is co-insurance?
Establishes and enforces standards that protect workers from job-related injuries and illnesses
What is OSHA?
Privately owned by one or more dentist to dental clinics that employ a group of dentist.
What is a dental office?
Medical assistance program that is jointly funded by the federal government and state governments but operated by individual states
What is Medicaid?
Legal agreement where patient authorizes their healthcare provider to receive direct payments for the insurance company.
What is assignment of benefits?
A division of the USDHHS; involved in researching disease and conducting scientific studies
What is NIH?
Can be individually owned by an ophthalmologist or optometrist. Check for the presence of eye diseases
What is a optical center or vision center?
A U.S. government health insurance plan for all military personnel
What is TRICARE?
Fixed amount that you pay to go the doctors, ER, or urgent care.
What is copay?
Federal agency responsible for regulating food and drug products sold to the public
What is FDA?