HCPCS Level II modifier that may be used with CPT or HCPCS Level II codes indicating state-supplied vaccine.
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Slander
A form of tort which is a false statement designed to damage the reputation of another person, in a verbal form.
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The oral utterance or spreading of falsehood harmful to another’s reputation. Libel is written slander is spoken.
Slander (Legal Terminology)
A statement that is found to be injurous to the person it was said about.
slanted brackets
Symbol used with a diagnostic code in ICD-9-CM, Volume 2, Alphabetic Index, indicating the code may never be sequenced as the principal diagnosis.
Sleep easy covers
Catastrophe reinsurances at very high, even unlikely levels, that create an extra degree of security against events of unexpected severity.
Sliding scale commission
A ceding commission that varies inversely with the loss ratio under the reinsurance agreement. The scales are not always one to one for example, as the loss ratio decreases by 1 percent, the ceding commission might increase only .5 percent.
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UK: a commission adjusted under a formula whereby the actual commission varies inversely with the loss ratio, subject to specified maximum and minimum.
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REINSURANCE: A commission adjustment on earned premiums whereby the actual commission varies inversely with the loss ratio, subject to a maximum and minimum.
Sliding scale commission (Reinsurance)
Commission paid by a ceding insurer to a reinsurer, which is calculated by a formula. Under this formula, the commission is dependent on the loss ratio.
Sliding scale dividend plan
Often used with workers compensation insurance, dividend plans are established as a means of returning a portion of the premium to the policyholder if losses are better than expected and the insurance company board of directors declares a dividend. In a sliding scale plan, the amount of the potential dividend slides up or down according to the loss experience. Dividends cannot be guaranteed they are paid upon declaration by the insurer’s board of directors.
Sliding scale premium/treaty
A reinsurance premium under a non-proportional treaty based on burning cost for the period subject only to agreed minimum and maximum amounts. See ESCAPE CLAUSE.
Sliding scale reinsurance commission
A scale of commission payable under a treaty where the amount of the commission varies inversely with the loss ratio subject to a maximum and minimum.