by Abraham Whaley | Apr 3, 2012 | Definitions
The care continuum describes the full range of services that a patient may encounter from prenatal care prior to birth to palliative services at end of life. This term also recognizes that care is provided across the full spectrum of healthcare delivery including...
by Abraham Whaley | Apr 3, 2012 | Definitions
The Cadillac Tax is a 40 percent excise tax on healthcare premiums (employer + employee) that is placed on employers for premiums that exceed $10,200 for individual coverage and $27,500 for family coverage. The Cadillac Tax is part of the Patient Protection and...
by Abraham Whaley | Apr 3, 2012 | Definitions
A bundled payment is a single, standardized comprehensive payment that covers all services provided to a patient during an episode of care for a procedure or an acute or chronic condition.
by Abraham Whaley | Apr 3, 2012 | Definitions
Healthcare cost trends in the United States are two to three times greater than inflation and are therefore unsustainable. This popular phrase describes current efforts to promote health and wellbeing as well as a more effective and efficient healthcare delivery...
by Abraham Whaley | Apr 3, 2012 | Definitions
A person’s or population’s ability to engage in healthcare services and coverage, which are a) geographically proximate, b) physically accessible (for people with limited mobility), c) temporally (timing) appropriate d) socioculturally consistent, and e) without...
