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| Premium | A regular payment for health insurance made by the insured person or his/her employer |
| Inpatient | When a patient in a health care center receives treatment that requires them to stay in the hospital for at least one night |
| HMO | An organization that emphasizes preventive medicine, where people pay a monthly fee to keep health care costs down |
| Outpatient | When a patient in a health care center receives treatment that does not require them to stay over night |
| Medicare | A hospital and medical insurance program that is funded by the federal gov't |
| Urinalysis | A test analyzing the chemicals in a person's urine |
| Emergency center | Where a person can go to get treated for minor energencies |
| Medicaid | Program that provides hospital and medical payments for people with low income |
| Nursing Home | A place where a person who doesn't need to be in a hospital can receive long-term medical care |
| Pharmacist | A qualified health professional that fills prescriptions |
| Having regular health checkups | This can help a person stay healthy and discover any health problems as soon as possible |
| Clinic | Patients can go here who do not have their own doctor can go here for medical care. |
| Health Insurance | helps pay the cost of medical care |
| Health care services available to you | Dentist, clinic, hospital, drug store, mental health, chiropractor |
| Ways to pay for medical care | Insurance, self-pay, medicare, medicaid |
| Parts of a health check up | fill out history forms, check height/weight, check vitals, ears, and reflexes, listen to heart and lungs |
| Group Model HMO | An HMO made up of one or more physician group practices that are not owned by the HMO, but that operate as independent partnerships or professional corporations. The HMO pays the groups at a negotiated rate, and each group is responsible for paying its doctors and other staff and for paying for hospital care or care from outside specialists. |
| Staff Model HMO | A type of HMO in which doctors & other medical professionals are salaried employees of the HMO, and the clinics or health care centers in which they practice are owned by the HMO |
| Network Model HMO | Health care providers that your HMO network plan has selected and contracted with to care for its members |
| What does HMO stand for? | Health Maintenance Organization |
| Program that helps people over the age of 65 pay for medical care | Medicare |
| Why should you fill out a health history form at the doctor's office? | To keep track of your health and medicine history |
| Minnesota Medicaid program | Medical Assistance (MA) |
| Who is Medicare for? | The elderly and certain disabled Americans |
