Refers to a continuation of certain representations and warranties given by the insureds in the insurance application submitted to a prior insurer. When insureds first purchase a type of claims-made insurance from an insurer, the insurance company frequently requires the insureds to disclose all known facts or circumstances that may reasonably give rise to a future claim. Under some circumstances, the insurance company may agree not to require that disclosure from the insureds, but instead rely upon the disclosure by the insureds to the insurance company that previously issued a similar type insurance policy to the insureds. Continuity merely refers to a continuation of these representations and warranties from one insurer to the other, and does not mean there is a continuation of the same scope of coverage as was afforded under the prior insurance policy.
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Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE)
Standardized data set created under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 and developed to unify and standardize federal assessment to improve continuity of care when patients transfer between providers and facilities. It is accessed through an Internet-based health and functional assessment instrument. This federal demonstration project will collect data until 2011.
Continuity of care
Continued treatment of a patient who is referred by one physician to another for the same condition.
continuity of care record (CCR)
Subset of a patient’s health record that provides a basic set of information from one incident of care to another episode of care.
Continuity of coverage
Health care contract in which benefits may be transferred from one plan to another without a lapse of coverage.
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Type of kidney dialysis where the patient’s peritoneal membrane is used as the dialyzer. The patient dialyzes at home, using special supplies, but without the need for a machine.
Continuous care
Nursing care 24 hours a day during a period of crisis when the patient needs uninterrupted care to manage acute medical symptoms or needs emotional support as in a hospice case.
Continuous Contract
A reinsurance contract that does not terminate automatically but continues indefinitely unless one of the parties delivers notice of intent to terminate. Continuous contract should have an anniversary date to satisfy risk transfer requirements and notice of intent to terminate is usually required to be delivered a specified number of days (typically 90 days) prior to the anniversary date.
Continuous coverage
Insurance benefits that transfer from one health plan to another with no break in coverage or from one type of membership to another (e.g., from dependent to subscriber with a new subscriber identification number). Also called continuity of coverage.
Continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis
Type of kidney dialysis where the patient generally dialyzes at home and uses an automated peritoneal cycler for delivering dialysis exchanges.