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The federal agency that runs the Medicare program. In addition, CMS works with the States to run the Medicaid program. CMS works to make sure that the beneficiaries in these programs are able to get high quality health care.
A coordinating body within HHS that has high-level responsibility for overseeing the implementation of the A/S provisions of HIPAA.
Industry:Insurance
A random sample is a group selected for study, which is drawn at random from the universe of cases by a statistically valid method.
Industry:Insurance
A State program that gets money from the Federal Government to give free local health insurance counseling to people with Medicare.
Industry:Insurance
Activities you usually do during a normal day such as getting in and out of bed, dressing, bathing, eating, and using the bathroom.
Industry:Insurance
An association of state Medicaid directors. NASMD is affiliated with the American Public Health Human Services Association (APHSA).
Industry:Insurance
An organization that tests transactions for consistency with the HIPAA requirements, and that accredits health care clearinghouses.
Industry:Insurance
A subset of the HCPCS Level II code set with a high-order value of "J" that has been used to identify certain drugs and other items.
Industry:Insurance
An insurance policy, plan, or program that pays first on a claim for medical care. This could be Medicare or other health insurance.
Industry:Insurance
Professional services by a hospital or other inpatient health program. These may include x-ray, drug, laboratory, or other services.
Industry:Insurance
Under HIPAA, this is all the data elements and code sets inherent to a transaction, and not related to the format of the transaction.
Industry:Insurance
