A patient must prove that the medical professional's actions were a direct result to damages.
What is Direct Cause?
the amount a policyholder pays monthly to the insurance company for coverage.
Provided by the federal government to military families, retired, or veterans
Prevents the outbreak of diseases and guards against interactions & disease transmission
What is CDC?
A legal obligation of medical professionals to provide reasonable medical care to patients.
What is Duty of Care?
The amount of money that must be paid by the insured before the insurance company pays a claim
What is Deductible?
A person or group of people in which whose name an insurance policy is held.
What is Policyholder?
Covers accidents, injuries, or diseases that occur at the workplace.
What is Worker's Compensation?
International agency directs and coordinates on international health and compiles health and disease statistics.
What is WHO?
A patient must prove that the error of the medical professional led to personal harm or lost of earnings
What is Damages?
The amount of money that a patient with health insurance pays for each visit
What is Co-pay?
Name for the second party
What is Licensed Practitioner?
Individuals buy insurance and if they do not they have to pay a fine
What is Obamacare(ACA)?
Enforces workplace safety and health standards.
A victim will have to prove that the medical professional failed to meet the standard of care
What is Deviation from Duty?
A percentage of covered charges before after the deductible is met
What is Co-insurance?
The company that provides your insurance policy.
What is insurance carrier?
Health insurance typically for low income people such as pregnant women, the blind, and the elderly.
What is Medicaid?
Department concerned with promoting the health and wellbeing of U.S. citizens.
What is DHHS?
An act that is not intended to cause harm but is committed with the disregard for the consequences.
What is Malpractice?
Cases in which the insurance company does not provide coverage.
What is Exclusions?
Another name for policyholder
What is Subscriber?
Provides insurance to people who at least 60 years old, disabled, or have permanent kidney failure
What is Medicare?
Required by OSHA that all chemicals handled at workplaces must be told to employees
What is MSDS?