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Gang

Group of stevedores usually 4 to 5 members with supervisor assigned to a hold or portion of the vessel being loaded or unloaded.

Gang visits

1. Significant number of daily evaluation and management (E&M) visits by the same physician to multiple patients at a facility within a 24-hour period. When insurance claims reach the insurance carrier in this type of situation, it may result in medical review to determine medical necessity for the visits. 2. In Medicare fraud, to bill based on gang visits (e.g., a provider who visits a nursing facility and bills for 20 visits without furnishing any specific service to, or on behalf of, individual patients).

Gap codes

CPT codes that are not covered by the Medicare program; thus they do not have relative values under the resource-based relative value scale (RBRVS).

GAP coverage

Guaranteed Auto Protection. Insurance for a lessee designed to cover the difference in selling price between a vehicle’s actual cash value and the payout left on a lease. This coverage is often available for loan situations as well.

Gapfilling

Term used when no comparable, existing test is available. Insurance carrier specific amounts are used to establish a national limitation amount for the following year.

Gaps

In the Medicare program, costs or services that are not covered under the Medicare plan; referred to as Medicare gaps .