Health Insurance Basics
This is the term for the amount you pay out of pocket before insurance begins to cover expenses.
What is a deductible?
This law protects the privacy of your medical information.
What is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
This step ensures your medical records are sent from your pediatric provider to your new provider.
What is requesting a medical records transfer?
MyChart is an example of this type of tool that allows patients to access their health information online.
What is a patient portal?
Jess Day, Nick Miller, Winston Bishop and Schmidt are all characters on this TV show.
What is "New Girl?"
This is the age until which young adults can stay on their parent’s health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
What is 26 years old?
At what age are adolescents generally able to consent to their own medical treatment without parental approval?
What is 18 years old (varies by state)?
This is how you can find if a healthcare provider is in your network.
What is calling your insurance company or going to your insurance company's website to get an updated network list?
You can use MyChart to do this when you need to see a doctor but don’t want to call the office.
What is schedule an appointment?
This is the name that singer-actor Stefani Germanotta is better known by.
What is Lady Gaga?
This is the difference between in-network and out-of-network providers.
What is “in-network” health care providers have contracted with your insurance company to accept discounted rates, while “out-of-network” providers have not?
This law prohibits insurance companies from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions.
What is the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?
This type of medical doctor is typically your first step in addressing a healthcare need, such as an illness, injury, or other health concern, or performing routine examinations for preventive care.
What is a primary care physician (PCP)?
This feature of MyChart allows you to securely ask your doctor with questions.
What is secure messaging?
The unicorn is the national animal of this country.
What is Scotland?
This federal and state program provides health insurance to low-income individuals and families.
What is Medicaid?
This law ensures individuals with disabilities have equal access to public services and accommodations.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
This is the time when individuals can enroll in health insurance for the next year.
What is open enrollment?
MyChart helps you view and manage this type of information, which includes lab results and imaging reports.
What are medical records?
This is the year that the comedy sketch TV show, “Saturday Night Live,” debuted.
What is 1975?
This is the name of the federal health insurance program for individuals 65 and older or those with disabilities?
What is Medicare?
This is the formal term for health care services or supplies needed to diagnose or treat an illness, injury, condition, disease, or its symptoms.
What is "medically necessary?"
This is the formal term for a doctor that specializes in the care of adults.
What is an internist or internal medicine specialist?
This allows a parent or guardian to securely communicate and access MyChart on behalf of a patient who between the ages of 14 and 18.
What is proxy access?
This is what "URL" stands for.
What is uniform resource locator?