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Refers specifically to the treatment of illness or injury to the body or mind in order to restore good health or mitigate the effects of chronic disease or disability.(43)
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| Health Care Financing Administration |
The federal agency that administers the Medicare, Medicaid and Child Health Insurance Programs, which provide health insurance for more than 74 million Americans.
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| Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set |
Measures, now part of the NCQA Accreditation process, used by all health plans to evaluate performance in areas ranging from preventative care and consumer experience to heart disease and cancer. With HEDIS, purchasers and consumers can reliably compare the quality of managed care plans.
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| health hazard |
Any organism, chemical, condition, or circumstance that may cause injury or illness. With respect to chemicals, a substance is considered a health hazard if at least one study, conducted in accordance with established scientific pr
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| health information technician |
A technician who ensures the accuracy, completeness, coding, security, storage, and retrieval of health care-related data, esp. in medical records. The work may involve various aspects of health care (e.g., epidemio
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