Ongoing health and social services provided for individuals who need continuing assistance with activities of daily living and/or instrumental activities of daily living. Services can be provided in an institution, the home or the community, and include informal...
Under the Medicare Part D Low Income Subsidy, some Medicare beneficiaries will qualify for additional help with their prescription drug costs depending on income. Beneficiaries can qualify for either a full subsidy or a partial subsidy under the LIS program.
A health care delivery system that seeks to control access to and utilization of health care services both to limit health care costs and to improve the quality of the care provided. Managed care arrangements typically rely on primary care physicians to manage the...
Used in two senses in health policy discussions. (1) Employer or individual mandate, in which a government body imposes a requirement on some employers to help pay for insurance coverage for their workers (and perhaps their families), and/or on certain individuals to...
An index of the annual change in the prices of a selection of goods and services providers used to produce health services. Also referred to as an input price index.