| HIPC | health insurance purchasing collective; health insurance purchasing cooperative |
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| NII | National Information Infrastructure; National Insurance Institute |
| SRS | schizophrenic residual state; sex reassignment surgery; Silver-Russell syndrome; simple repeat seque... |
| SS | disulfide; sacrosciatic; saline soak; saline solution; saliva sample; saliva substitute; Salmonella-... |
| NAS | nasal; National Academy of Sciences; National Association of Sanitarians; neonatal airleak syndrome;... |
| insurance benefits | Payments or services provided under stated circumstances under the terms of an insurance policy. In prepayment programs, benefits are the services the programs will provide at defined locations and to the extent needed. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| insurance carriers | Organizations which assume the financial responsibility for the risks of policyholders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance claim reporting | The design, completion, and filing of forms with the insurer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance claim review | Review of claims by insurance companies to determine liability and amount of payment for various services. The review may also include determination of eligibility of the claimant or beneficiary or of the provider of the benefit; determination that the benefit is covered or not payable under another policy; or determination that the service was necessary and of reasonable cost and quality. (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance coverage | Generally refers to the amount of protection available and the kind of loss which would be paid for under an insurance contract with an insurer. (slee & slee, health care terms, 2d ed) (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance, dental | Insurance providing coverage for dental care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance, disability | Insurance designed to compensate persons who lose wages because of illness or injury; insurance providing periodic payments that partially replace lost wages, salary, or other income when the insured is unable to work because of illness, injury, or disease. Individual and group disability insurance are two types of such coverage. (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance, health | Insurance providing coverage of medical, surgical, or hospital care in general or for which there is no specific heading. (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance, health, reimbursement | Payment by a third-party payer in a sum equal to the amount expended by a health care provider or facility for health services rendered to an insured or program beneficiary. (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance, hospitalization | Health insurance providing benefits to cover or partly cover hospital expenses. (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance, liability | Insurance against loss resulting from liability for injury or damage to the persons or property of others. (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance, life | Insurance providing for payment of a stipulated sum to a designated beneficiary upon death of the insured. (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance, long-term care | Health insurance to provide full or partial coverage for long-term home care services or for long-term nursing care provided in a residential facility such as a nursing home. (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance, major medical | Insurance providing a broad range of medical services and supplies, when prescribed by a physician, whether or not the patient is hospitalised. It frequently is an extension of a basic policy and benefits will not begin until the basic policy is exhausted. (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance, medigap | A supplemental health insurance policy sold by private insurance companies and designed to pay for health care costs and services that are not paid for either by medicare alone or by a combination of medicare and existing private health insurance benefits. (12 Dec 1998) |