This common medical procedure was first performed by a dentist in 1842, and was initially met with skepticism by the medical community.
What is Anesthesia?
The ACA established this online place where individuals and small businesses can purchase health insurance plans.
What is The Marketplace?
This type of hospital is a facility that provides specialized care to patients who require a high level of medical attention, often with a focus on emergency or critical care.
What is a Trauma Center?
This type of doctor is a real “cut” above the rest.
What is a Surgeon?
Providers consider this dollar amount “revenue”. Payors consider it “spend”.
What is the Allowed?
The first successful organ transplant was performed in 1954, and involved transplanting this organ from one identical twin to another.
What is a Kidney?
This type of plan is a mid-level plan available on the ACA marketplace and is designed to provide a balance between premium costs and out-of-pocket expenses.
What is a Silver Plan?
This type of provider is a medical doctor who has completed advanced education and training in a specific area of medicine, such as cardiology or oncology.
What is a Specialist?
This type of medical screening test is a “gut-wrenching” experience.
What is a Colonoscopy?
This type of reimbursement model pays healthcare providers a fixed fee for each patient treated, regardless of the actual cost of care.
What is Capitation?
This medical technique, which involves using cold temperatures to destroy abnormal cells, was first developed in the 19th century but wasn’t widely used until the 20th century.
What is Cryotherapy?
This type of subsidy is available to individuals who purchase health insurance plans on the ACA marketplace and have incomes between 100% and 400% of the Federal Poverty Level.
What is a Premium Tax Credit?
This type of healthcare facility provides same-day surgical care, allowing patients to recover at home rather than staying overnight in a hospital.
What is an ASC?
This type of doctor is a real “heart throb” in the medical field.
What is a Cardiologist?
This term refers to the process by which payers review and adjust claims to ensure that they are accurate and compliant with reimbursement policies.
What is Claims Review or Audit?
This medical device, which is used to regulate heart rhythm, was first developed in the 1950s, and was initially the size of a shoebox.
What is a Pacemaker?
The ACA allows young adults to stay on their parents’ health insurance plan until they are this age.
What is twenty-six?
This term refers to the process by which a hospital measures and tracks the quality of care provided to patients, often using metrics such as readmission rates or patient satisfaction.
What is Accreditation?
This is the reason vampires go to the doctor.
This type of reimbursement model pays healthcare providers a single payment for all services related to a specific episode of care, such as a joint replacement.
What is a Bundled Payment?
This type of health insurance provision, which is required by law in many states, ensures that policyholders can continue to receive coverage for a certain period of time after they lose their job or experience a change in income.
What is COBRA?
Florida Blue offers this plan on the ACA marketplace, which provides a lower premium option for individuals and families willing to accept a higher deductible and out-of-pocket costs.
What is BlueSelect?
This type of hospital is a facility that provides specialized care to patients who require a high level of medical attention, often with a focus on complex or rare conditions, and is often affiliated with a medical school or research institution.
What is a Teaching Hospital?
This is the reason the health insurance policy went to therapy.
What is Coverage Issues?
This type of reimbursement model is used to incentivize physicians to reduce healthcare costs and improve quality, often through Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) or other value-based arrangements.
What is Shared Savings?