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Million Hearts Campaign

A national initiative, launched by the Department of Health and Human Services, to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017.

misuse

Describes care that is provided poorly or erroneously, such as wrong-site surgery.

modified community rating

A method for setting health insurance premiums for everyone in a state taking into account demographic variables, but not the applicant’s medical history. (Contrast with community rating and experience rating.)

Money Follows the Person

Grants to assist states in their efforts to reduce reliance on institutional care, while developing community-based long-term care opportunities that enable the elderly and people with disabilities to transition back into their communities. Initially enacted in 2006,...

morbidity

A determination of the incidence and severity of sicknesses and accidents in a well-defined class of persons.