Health Insurance Terms
Your personal ID #
What is Subscriber #?
What is Co Insurance
A small town hospital where services include childbirth, emergency service and surgical procedures
What is General Hospital?
Focuses on general or specialized dental care
What is a dental office?
Functions as a bridge between a hospital and home
What is extended care facilit?
Who your insurance is from (EX: Work Ect…)
What is a group #?
An insurance focuses on preventative care
What is HMO
A hospital that has care for specific chronic illnesses
What is a Specialty Hospital?
Can be a part of a facility or function on their own
What is laboratories?
Deals with mental dx and disorders
What is a mental health facility?
The amount you pay for insurance
What is a premium ?
A type of insurance is lower cost and is usually with large companies
What is PPO?
A hospital operated by federal, state and on a local level.
What is a Government Hospital?
Provides vision exams,RX eye glasses/contact,eye procedures,Dx eye issues
What is an optical center?
Helps pt return to normal function
What is rehabilitation centers?
Specific amount of money for a particular service
What is Co-payment?
What type of insurance must get approval for services
What is Managed Care Network
Provides services research and education
What is University/College Medical Centers?
Provides special care for accidents or sudden illnesses
What is emergency services?
Located in large companies & industries
What is industrial health care centers?
Percent that will be paid that is shared between the patient and the insurance
What is co payment?
Two types of government insurance
What is Medicare and Medicaid?
Provides care for elderly or those with chronic illness requiring 24/7 care
What is Long term care facilit?
Cares for the chronically ill in their home
What is home health & hospice?
Found in schools and colleges and provides health care prevention services
What is school health care services?