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The amount that is paid by the insurance is known as an "allowed amount". [19] For example, although a psychiatrist may charge $80.00 for a medication management session, the insurance may only allow $50.00, and so a $30.00 reduction (known as a "provider write off" or "contractual adjustment") would be assessed.
A MedPlus outlet in Hyderabad. MedPlus was founded in 2006 by Madhukar Gangadi. The company's first store was launched in Hyderabad. [8] Initially operating under the Aushadhi brand name, it was rebranded as MedPlus after the opening of the first 48 stores.
A prospective payment system (PPS) is a term used to refer to several payment methodologies for which means of determining insurance reimbursement is based on a predetermined payment regardless of the intensity of the actual service provided. It includes a system for paying hospitals based on predetermined prices, from Medicare.
The according to insurance companies the reasons they require prior authorizations include age, medical necessity, the availability of a generic alternative, or checking for drug interactions. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A failed authorization can result in a requested service being denied or in an insurance company requiring the patient to go through a ...
A Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) is an identifying number used for tax purposes in the United States and in other countries under the Common Reporting Standard.In the United States it is also known as a Tax Identification Number (TIN) or Federal Taxpayer Identification Number (FTIN).
All-payer rate setting is a price setting mechanism in which all third parties pay the same price for services at a given hospital. [1] It can be used to increase the market power of payers (such as private and/or public insurance companies) versus providers, such as hospital systems , in order to control costs.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurance companies are licensees, independent of the association and traditionally of each other, [16] offering insurance plans within defined regions under one or both of the association's brands. Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers offer some form of health insurance coverage in every U.S. state.
NHI is a single-payer compulsory social insurance plan which centralizes the disbursement of health care dollars. The system promises equal access to health care for all citizens, and the population coverage had reached 99% by the end of 2004. [ 157 ]