Indigent Care:

Terms Related to Indigent Care

• Medicaid

  Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XIX, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, administered by the states, that provides health care ...

• Progressive Patient Care

  Organization of medical and nursing care according to the degree of illness and care requirements in the hospital. The elements are intensive care, intermediate care, ...

• Episodes of Care

  An interval of care by a health care facility or provider for a specific medical problem or condition. It may be continuous or it may ...