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Care Management Application Glossary
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ACA
Accountable Care Organization (ACO)
ACO
active policy
actual discharge date
acute care
adjudication
admission date
admission diagnosis
admission source
Affordable Care Act (ACA)
affordable coverage
alert
alert category
allowable charge
appeal
appeal reason
approved length of stay
assessment
attending physician
authentication
authorization
authorization appeal
authorization request type
B
barrier
benefit
benefit determination
benefits package
BMI
Body Mass Index
bundled payment
C
capitation
CARC
care continuum
care management
Care Management Application
care plan
carve-out
case management
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)
charge amount
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
CHIP
chronic
claim
Claim Adjustment Reason Code (CARC)
claim attachment
claim number
claim status
claims examiner
CLIA
clinical case type
clinical decision support
clinical review
CMMI
CMS
COB
COBRA
code set type
coinsurance
complexity
computerized patient record (CPR)
computerized physician order entry (CPOE)
concurrent review
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
contact channel
contract
copay
copayment (copay)
coverage
coverage end date
coverage limits
coverage tier
covered services
CPOE
CPR
CPT
credentialing
Current Procedural Terminology
D
date of service
deductible
denied authorization
dependent
designees
diagnosis code
diagnosis information
diagnosis-related group
Diagnosis-Related Groups
disease management
DME
DRGs
drug formulary
duplicate coverage
durable medical equipment (DME)
E
EDI
EDI translator
edit
EHR
electronic data interchange (EDI)
electronic health record (EHR)
Electronic Medical Record
electronic medical record (EMR)
eligibility
eligible
emergency condition
emergency room
employer-sponsored coverage
EMR
encounter claim
enrollee
EOB
episode
e-prescribing
explanation of benefits
F
fulfillment
G
global payments
goal
goal category
group health coverage
H
HCPCS
health insurance exchange (HIX)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
health maintenance organization (HMO)
health plan
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)
healthcare provider
HEDIS
HIPAA
HIX
HMO
home healthcare
hospice care
I
ICD-10
ICD-9
indemnity plan
in-network
inpatient
inpatient care
interaction
interested parties
International Classification of Diseases tenth revision (ICD-10)
International Classification of Diseases tenth revision (ICD-9)
L
level of care
LOC
lookup facility
M
managed care
MCG CareWebQI® Integration Solution
McKesson InterQual Integration Solution
Medicaid
Medicaid reclamation claim
Medical Loss Ratio (MLR)
medical necessity
Medicare
member
MLR
N
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
National Provider Identifier
NCQA
network
non-participating provider
NPI
O
OnDemand
originator
out of pocket
out-of-network
outpatient
outpatient care
P
paid amount
participating provider
patient
patient 360
patient ID
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
patient registry
patient safety
patient-centered medical home (PCMH)
payer
payment integrity
PBM
PCMH
PCP
peer-to-peer review
pended claim
personal health record (PHR)
pharmacy benefit manager (PBM)
PHR
policy
policy number
policyholder
population health
POS plan
post-adjudication
PPACA
PPO
practitioner
pre-adjudication
pre-certification
preferred provider organization (PPO)
preventive services
primary care
primary care physician (PCP)
prior authorization
problem
program
program category
provider
provider network
R
RARC
referral
referral reason
referral services
remittance advice remark codes (RARC)
rendering physician
requested units
requesting provider
restoration request
retrieval request
revenue code
risk level
S
scheduled admit date
service provider
service type
skilled nursing care
specialty
subscriber
T
task
task category
task ID
U
urgency
utilization management
Utilization Management Review
V
vital signs
W
wellness program
WHO
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