health crossword
Across
- 2. A medical condition that starts suddenly and requires immediate care.
- 4. Law requiring that a health plan or insurance carrier must offer a particular procedure or type of coverage.
- 6. clause A contractual agreement between a managed care organization and a provider that restricts what the provider can say about the managed care company
- 8. An individual or institution who provides medical care, including a physician, hospital, skilled nursing facility, or intensive care facility
- 10. A person's ability to obtain healthcare services.
- 12. Access- A person's ability to obtain healthcare services.
- 15. of care How well health services result in desired health outcomes.
- 18. A state tax on insurance premiums.
- 19. A healthcare procedure that is not an emergency and that the patient and doctor plan in advance.
- 20. that lasts a lifetime, or recurs.
Down
- 1. plan This benefit plan gives employees a set amount of funds that they can choose to spend on a different benefit options, such as health insurance or retirement savings
- 3. Law requiring that a health plan or insurance carrier must offer a particular procedure or type of coverage
- 5. People who do not have health insurance of any type. Over 80 percent of the uninsured are working adults and their family members.
- 7. The person in a managed care organization, often a primary care provider, who controls a patient's access to healthcare services and whose approval is required for referrals to other services or other specialists.
- 9. The responsibility for profiting or losing money based on the cost of healthcare services provided. Traditionally, health insurance companies have carried the risk. Under capitation, healthcare providers bear risk
- 11. Disease A medical problem that will not
- 12. A list of medications that a managed care company encourages or requires physicians to prescribe as necessary in order to reduce costs.
- 13. Reference to medical specialists who have completed all required training but have not completed the exam in his/her specialized area
- 14. A person who has been admitted to a hospital or other health facility, for a period of at least 24 hours.
- 16. The services that members are entitled to receive based on their health plan.
- 17. The person enrolled in a health plan.