See: Accredited Standards Committee (ASC X12); ambulatory surgery center (ASC).
Tag: MEDICAL
ASC payment group rate
Payment received by an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) when a Medicare beneficiary has a covered surgical procedure performed in an ASC. ASC procedures are grouped into eight payment categories.
ASC surgical procedure
Operative procedure performed in an ambulatory surgical center (ASC) and done as an outpatient.
ASC X12
See: Accredited Standards Committee X12 (ASC X12).
ASO agreement
See: administrative services only (ASO) agreement.
ASR
See: age/sex rates (ASR).
Assessment
Systematic collection and review of data (test results, signs, symptoms) pertaining to an individual for either receiving health care services or to enter a health care setting.
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A value set upon real estate by Government assessors for the purpose of assessing taxes.
Assigned claim
Insurance claim form from a provider to the insurance company on which the provider agrees to accept the Medicare allowable amount as payment in full for the services and payment is sent directly to the provider of the service.
Assigned risk plan
State-supervised automobile insurance plan that has been obtained through a proportional assignment from a group of insurance companies because the insured is unable to buy in the regular or voluntary market. Each driver in the plan is assigned to an insurance company. Cost of this insurance is higher than in the regular market.
Assignee
Individual to whom contract rights are transferred under an assignment.
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Also executor, administrators, Sometime the Insurers, Covenant to pay the executors, administrators or assigns of the assured.
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UK: The party to whom a policy is assigned, i.e. transferred. He may be an assignee for value, or a voluntary assignee to whom the policy has been assigned by way of gift. The term assignee also applies to the party to whom a lease on premises is transferred. See ASSIGNOR’s leasehold LIABILITY INSURANCE.