(US) A healthcare provider who has agreed with an insurer or a third-party administrator to provide their clients with healthcare at reduced rates.
(US) A healthcare provider who has agreed with an insurer or a third-party administrator to provide their clients with healthcare at reduced rates.
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(US, healthcare) A requirement by a health insurance companies that patients obtain approval before receiving certain medical services, procedures, or medications.
(US) A medical condition that started before a person's health insurance went into effect.
(US, medicine) A medical insurance group that provides health services for a fixed annual fee.
(American, medicine, healthcare) Medical services which are planned, directed, and controlled—especially by a health insurance company—in a manner designed to maximize the efficiency of the delivery and financing of health care.
Any healthcare practitioner working at the point of care, in clinical#Adjective practice (e.g., physicians in clinical medicine, nurses in nursing#Noun practice, or allied health#Noun providers in practice).