Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
A panel that makes recommendations about Medicare payment policy to Congress. The panel composes two annual reports to Congress with their findings.
Medicare Payments for Hospital Readmissions
Provision that reduces payments to hospitals for preventable hospital re-admissions.
Medicare Prevention Benefits
Benefits designed to increase early disease detection rates and improve health outcomes (i.e. cancer screenings).
Medicare Value-Based Purchasing
Programs designed to adjust hospital pay rates based on the performance of the individual institutions.
MediGap Coverage
Supplemental private insurance plans sold to fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries that cover their cost sharing.
MEDI-MEDI
Another term for dual eligibles.
Member
A term for an individual with health coverage, also called policy holder, beneficiary or enrollee
Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA)
Legislation which requires that mental health benefits be on par with medical and surgical benefits offered by a group health plan.
Mini-Med Plans
Health plans that offer limited coverage, usually at lower cost, but with high deductibles
Minimum Creditable Coverage
Refers to the minimum level of benefits that must be in an insurance plan in order to consider an individual to be insured.