Acronym that means recipient eligibility verification system. See Medicaid eligibility verification system (MEVS) .

Abbreviation that means request for information.

Abbreviation in the TRICARE program that means retirees, family members, and survivors.

Abbreviation that means request for proposal.

Abbreviation for rural health center or rural health clinic. See rural health clinic (RHC) .

Study of disorders characterized by inflammation, degeneration, or metabolic derangement of connective tissue and related structures of the body such as arthritis and rheumatic disorders.

Clause in a life insurance policy that refers to ownership of property by two or more people in which the survivors automatically gain ownership of a decedent’s interest.
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US: at the death of one co-owner of property, that person’s interest in the property automatically passes to the surviving joint tenant or tenants.

In the Medicare program, a beneficiary is entitled to receive notice of information practices; see and copy his or her own records; request corrections; obtain accounting of disclosures; request restrictions and confidential communications; and file complaints.