Term used in disability income insurance for disability that is not work related. It is the payment of partial benefits when the insured is not totally disabled.
Tag: MEDICAL
Residual disability
Inability to perform one or more job duties or inability to do usual work for the time period of partial disability that follows a period of total disability.
Residual disability benefit
Payment for an individual with a residual disability. Amount may vary depending on the percentage of income loss that is attributed to the disability. See partial disability benefit .
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A provision in disability income policies that grants benefits based on a reduction in earnings, as opposed to inability to work full time.
Residual factors
Factors other than price including volume of services, intensity of services, and age/sex changes.
Residual subscriber
Dependent of the insured who has a different type of insurance coverage and identification number from the insured. They are billed separately as a residual member.
Resisted claim
Insurance claim that an insurance company refused to pay but may pay in the future.
Resolicitation
Sales drive carried out to enroll eligible individuals who are not covered into an existing group insurance plan. Also called recanvass .
Resource costs
Expense used by a physician to render a service or procedure that includes the doctor’s time and effort and the expenses of nonphysician time and effort.
Resource management
Administration of the health care product in a cost-effective manner and maintaining quality of health care and contributing to the goals of the organization.
resource utilization group (RUG-III)
Patient classification system that obtains patients’ medical data and health status information from the minimum data set (MDS) to assign each patient to a resource group for Medicare reimbursement. The RUG-III system has seven major categories of patient types: rehabilitation, extensive services, special care, clinically complex, impaired cognition, behavior problems, and reduced physical function. These categories are further broken down into 44 specific patient groupings.