Terms Related to Community Health System

• Health Care Peer Review

  The concurrent or retrospective review by practicing physicians or other health professionals of the quality and efficiency of patient care practices or services ordered or ...

• Health, Reimbursement Insurance

  Payment by a third-party payer in a sum equal to the amount expended by a health care provider or facility for health services rendered to ...

• Competitive Health Plan

  Alternative health care delivery mechanisms, such as PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS or other health insurance services or prepaid plans (other than HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS), that meet ...

• Community Health Aide

  Persons trained to assist professional health personnel in communicating with residents in the community concerning needs and availability of health services.

• Health Maintenance Organization

  Organized systems for providing comprehensive prepaid health care that have five basic attributes: (1) provide care in a defined geographic area; (2) provide or ensure ...

• Community Health Center

  Facilities which administer the delivery of health care services to people living in a community or neighborhood.