See: episode of care (EOC) .
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Episodic acute care center
See: emergency center.
episodic payment group (EPG)
Classification system that groups care given to a patient over time based on services, procedures, and diagnoses that are related to an episode of treatment so that a single payment may be made for the entire episode of care. Also known as episodic treatment group (ETG) .
episodic treatment group (ETG)
See: episodic payment group (EPG) .
EPL
An acronym for employment practices liability. Although that term is not a commonly used phrase under employment statutes or case law, it has become an insurance term of art, referring to insurance coverage specifically designed to insure employment-related liability.
EPMPY
Abbreviation for encounters per member per year.
Eponym
Name of a disease, anatomical structure, operation, or procedure, usually derived from the name of a place or person who discovered or described it first or a patient first diagnosed with the condition or treated by the procedure.
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Comparable Medical TermBuerger’s diseaseThromboangiitis obliteransGraves’ diseaseExophthalmic goiterWilkes’ syndromeMyasthenia gravis
EPSDT
See: Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Program .
EQRO
See: External Quality Review Organization (EQRO) .
Equal access
See: Equal Treatment Rule.