Medicare
Medical term Administrative Assisting
The federal health insurance program for people 65 or older and some younger people with disabilities or permanent kidney failure.
Sources
- Medicare · MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Free practice questions that use Medicare
- Health Care Systems and Settings, question 4A provider asks the medical assistant to help arrange Medicare-covered home health services for a patient who leaves home only with great…
- Patient Care Coordination and Education, question 1How are Medicare hospice benefit periods structured?
- Patient Care Coordination and Education, question 4Which service is one of the six disciplines covered under the Medicare home health benefit?
Related terms
- kidneyOne of two bean-shaped organs beside the spine that filter blood and produce urine.
- double-bookingScheduling two patients in the same time slot with the same provider.
- grievanceA complaint made to a health insurer or plan.
- MedicaidJoint federal and state health insurance for many people with low income; each state sets its own rules.
- medically necessaryServices or supplies needed to prevent, diagnose or treat an illness, injury or condition and that meet…
- Medicare AdvantageMedicare Part C: an option to receive all Part A and B care through a provider organization, such as an HMO.
- Medicare Part AMedicare hospital insurance.
- Medicare Part BMedicare medical insurance that helps pay for medical services Part A does not cover.
- Medicare Part DMedicare prescription drug coverage.