Medicare & Senior Care Glossary
158 terms with plain-English definitions.
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- Accountable Care Organization (ACO)Regulatory
- ACO REACHRegulatory
- Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)Long-Term Care
- ADL SupportLong-Term Care
- Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)Appeals
- Adult Day ServicesHome Care
- Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN)Coverage
- Advance DirectiveLegal
- Aging-in-Place VillageHome Care
- AHRQRegulatory
- ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)Eligibility
- Annual Election Period (AEP)Enrollment
- Annual Wellness Visit (AWV)Preventive
- Assignment of BenefitsCoverage
B
- BeneficiaryMedicare Basics
- Benefit PeriodMedicare Basics
- Benefit Period ResetCoverage
- Boomer BenefitsTools
C
- CAHPSQuality
- Care CompareQuality
- CaregiverHome Care
- Caregiver Child ExceptionMedicaid
- Catastrophic CoveragePart D
- Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)Clinical
- CHAMPVAVeterans
- CMSRegulatory
- COBRAEnrollment
- Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC)Long-Term Care
- Continuum of CareLong-Term Care
- Creditable CoveragePart D
D
- DeliriumClinical
- Donut HolePart D
- Drug TierPart D
- Dual-EligibleEligibility
- Durable Medical Equipment (DME)Medicare Basics
- Durable Power of AttorneyLegal
E
- eHealth MedicareTools
- Elder Law AttorneyLegal
- Employer Group Health PlanEnrollment
- End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)Eligibility
- Estate RecoveryMedicaid
F
- FiduciaryLegal
- First-Dollar CoverageMedigap
- Five-Star Quality RatingQuality
- Five-Year Look-BackMedicaid
- FormularyPart D
- Formulary ExceptionPart D
- FrailtyClinical
G
- General Enrollment PeriodEnrollment
- GeriatricianClinical
- GoHealthTools
- Guaranteed Issue RightMedigap
- GuardianshipLegal
H
- Health Care Power of AttorneyLegal
- HEDISQuality
- High-Deductible Plan GMedigap
- HMOPlans
- Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS)Long-Term Care
- Home Equity Limits (Medicaid)Medicaid
- Home Health Aide (HHA)Home Health
- Home ModificationsHome Care
- HomeboundHome Health
- Hospice ElectionHospice
- Hospital CompareQuality
- Hospital ReadmissionQuality
- Hybrid LTC PolicyLong-Term Care
I
- Inflation Reduction Act (Medicare provisions)Regulatory
- Initial Enrollment Period (IEP)Enrollment
- Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs)Long-Term Care
- Intensive Behavioral Therapy for ObesityPreventive
- IRAs and MedicaidMedicaid
- IRMAAFinance
L
- Late Enrollment PenaltyEnrollment
- Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN/LVN)Clinical
- Lifetime Hospital Psychiatric LimitCoverage
- Lifetime Reserve DaysMedicare Basics
- Long-Term Care InsuranceLong-Term Care
- Long-Term Care OmbudsmanLong-Term Care
- Low-Income Subsidy (Extra Help)Part D
- LTC Partnership ProgramLong-Term Care
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- MACRARegulatory
- Maximum Out-of-Pocket (MOOP)Plans
- MedicaidMedicaid
- Medicaid Look-Back PeriodMedicaid
- Medicaid Spend-DownMedicaid
- Medical NecessityCoverage
- Medical UnderwritingMedigap
- Medicare AdvantageMedicare Basics
- Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment (MA-OEP)Enrollment
- Medicare AppealAppeals
- Medicare AssignmentMedicare Basics
- Medicare Part AMedicare Basics
- Medicare Part BMedicare Basics
- Medicare Part CMedicare Basics
- Medicare Part DMedicare Basics
- Medicare Plan FinderTools
- Medicare Savings Programs (MSP)Finance
- Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP)Finance
- Medicare Star RatingsQuality
- Medication Therapy Management (MTM)Part D
- MedigapMedigap
- Medigap Birthday RuleMedigap
- Medigap Open Enrollment PeriodMedigap
- Medigap Plan FMedigap
- Medigap Plan GMedigap
- Medigap Plan KMedigap
- Medigap Plan LMedigap
- Medigap Plan NMedigap
- Medigap Plan SwitchMedigap
- Miller Trust (QIT)Medicaid
- Minimum Data Set (MDS)Long-Term Care
- Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI)Finance
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- NAICRegulatory
- Non-Participating ProviderMedicare Basics
- Nurse Practitioner (NP)Clinical
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- Observation StatusCoverage
- OCGHAMedigap
- Open Enrollment End DateEnrollment
- Opt-Out ProviderMedicare Basics
- Original MedicareMedicare Basics
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- PACELong-Term Care
- Palliative CareClinical
- Part B DrugDrugs
- Part B Excess ChargesMedicare Basics
- Participating ProviderMedicare Basics
- Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ)Long-Term Care
- Personal Emergency Response System (PERS)Home Care
- PFFSPlans
- Physician Assistant (PA)Clinical
- Plan DisenrollmentEnrollment
- Plan of CareHome Health
- POLST / MOSTLegal
- PPOPlans
- Prior AuthorizationPlans
Q
- QI AllotmentFinance
- Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB)Finance
- Qualifying Individual (QI)Finance
R
- RedeterminationAppeals
- Registered Nurse (RN)Clinical
- Respite CareHome Care
- RUG / PDPMCoverage
S
- SelectQuote SeniorTools
- Self-Administered DrugDrugs
- Service AreaPlans
- SHIPEnrollment
- Sibling Caregiver ExceptionMedicaid
- Skilled NeedCoverage
- Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)Long-Term Care
- Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)Eligibility
- Special Enrollment Period (SEP)Enrollment
- Special Needs Plan (SNP)Plans
- Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB)Finance
- Spousal Impoverishment RulesMedicaid
- Step TherapyPart D
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- TRICARE for LifeVeterans
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- VA Aid & AttendanceVeterans
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- Welcome to Medicare VisitPreventive