Medical Negligence
Terminology
Parties involved
Programs
Government Agencies
100

A patient must prove that the medical professional's actions were a direct result to damages.

What is Direct Cause?

100

the amount a policyholder pays monthly to the insurance company for coverage. 

What is Premium?
100

Provided by the federal government to military families, retired, or veterans

What is Military Healthcare?
100

Prevents the outbreak of diseases and guards against interactions & disease transmission

What is CDC?

200

A legal obligation of medical professionals to provide reasonable medical care to patients.

What is Duty of Care?

200

The amount of money that must be paid by the insured before the insurance company pays a claim

What is Deductible?

200

A person or group of people in which whose name an insurance policy is held.

What is Policyholder?

200

Covers accidents, injuries, or diseases that occur at the workplace.

What is Worker's Compensation?

200

International agency directs and coordinates on international health and compiles health and disease statistics.

What is WHO?

300

A patient must prove that the error of the medical professional led to personal harm or lost of earnings

What is Damages?

300

The amount of money that a patient with health insurance pays for each visit

What is Co-pay?

300

Name for the second party 

What is Licensed Practitioner?

300

Individuals buy insurance and if they do not they have to pay a fine 

What is Obamacare(ACA)?

300

Enforces workplace safety and health standards.

What is OSHA?
400

A victim will have to prove that the medical professional failed to meet the standard of care

What is Deviation from Duty?

400

A percentage of covered charges before after the deductible is met

What is Co-insurance?

400

The company that provides your insurance policy.

What is insurance carrier?

400

Health insurance typically for low income people such as pregnant women, the blind, and the elderly.

What is Medicaid?

400

Department concerned with promoting the health and wellbeing of U.S. citizens.

What is DHHS?

500

An act that is not intended to cause harm but is committed with the disregard for the consequences.

What is Malpractice?

500

Cases in which the insurance company does not provide coverage.

What is Exclusions?

500

Another name for policyholder

What is Subscriber?

500

Provides insurance to people who at least 60 years old, disabled, or have permanent kidney failure

What is Medicare?

500

Required by OSHA that all chemicals handled at workplaces must be told to employees

What is MSDS?