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Medicaid is a medical assistance program that pays medical bills for people who meet certain eligibility requirements (such as income, age, or disability) which are based on Federal regulations and State law. Medical benefits may be authorized for services such as...

Interventional cardiologists - do stents and PTCAs Non-interventional Cardiologists - do caths, but no stents or PTCAs Invasive Cardiologists - do caths, and may do stents or PTCAs Non-invasive Cardiologists - does not do caths, stents or PTCAs PCTA - Percutanueous...

A Do Not Resuscitate order ia a kind of Advance Directive.  A DNR is a request not to have cardiopulminary resuscitation (CPR) if your heart stops or if you stop breathing.  You can use an Advance Directive to tell your doctor that you do not want to be resuscitated.

A Durable Power of Attorney for healthcare is a kind of Advance Directive.  A DPA states whom you have chosen to make health care decisions for you.   It becomes active any time you are unconcious or unable to make medical decisions for yourself.  A DPA is generally...

A Living Will is a type of Advance Directive which comes into play when you are terminally ill (expected to live less than 6 months.)  A living will allows you to describe the kind of care you want based on certain life-states.

An advance directive tells your doctor what kind of care you would like to have if you become unable to make medical decisions for yourself.  Your requests may come into play if your illness is one you won't recover from or if you are premanently unconcious.