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Resource-based relative value scale. Resource-based relative value scale ( RBRVS) is a schema used to determine how much money medical providers should be paid. It is partially used by Medicare in the United States and by nearly all health maintenance organizations (HMOs). RBRVS assigns procedures performed by a physician or other medical ...
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment ( EPSDT) is the child health component of Medicaid. Federal statutes and regulations state that children under age 21 who are enrolled in Medicaid are entitled to EPSDT benefits and that States must cover a broad array of preventive and treatment services. Unlike private insurance, EPSDT is ...
A National Provider Identifier ( NPI) is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the United States by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The NPI has replaced the Unique Physician Identification Number (UPIN) as the required identifier for Medicare services, and is used by other payers ...
Social Security Disability Insurance ( SSD or SSDI) is a payroll tax -funded federal insurance program of the United States government. It is managed by the Social Security Administration and designed to provide monthly benefits to people who have a medically determinable disability (physical or mental) that restricts their ability to be employed.
The Colorado State Health Care System Initiative, Amendment 69, [104] was a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment proposal in November 2016 to vote on a single-payer healthcare system called ColoradoCare. The system would have been funded by a 10% payroll tax split 2:1 between employers and employees.
Stay strong. Take care of your own health. Make sure you get enough sleep, eat well, take a break from time to time, and maintain social networks. Keep up with your regular health checkups and let ...
The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing ( HCPF) is the principal department of the Colorado state government [2] responsible for administering the Health First Colorado ( Medicaid) and Child Health Plan Plus programs as well as a variety of other programs for Colorado's low-income families, the elderly, and persons with ...
Medicaid is the largest source of funding for medical and health-related services for people with low income in the United States, providing free health insurance to 85 million low-income and disabled people as of 2022; [ 3] in 2019, the program paid for half of all U.S. births. [ 4]