1. Care and management of a patient to combat, ameliorate, or prevent a disease, disorder, or injury. 2. Method of combating, ameliorating, or preventing a disease, disorder, or injury. Active or curative treatment is designed to cure; palliative treatment is directed to relieve pain and distress; prophylactic treatment is for the prevention of a disease or disorder; and causal treatment focuses on the cause of a disorder. Treatment may be pharmacological, using drugs; surgical, involving operative procedures; or supportive, building the patient’s strength.

Medi-Cal form that must be completed by a provider for certain procedures and services that require prior approval.

Time period between admission and discharge from specific section of a facility (e.g., inpatient, partial hospitalization, outpatient, residential).

Choices the patient may have when there is more than one method to treat a health problem or an illness.

Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, covered entities may disclose protected health information for TPO but must receive written consent from a patient for other situations.

Annual adjustment amount applied to total claim costs to represent the change in level of the costs from one period of time to another because of inflation and increase in use.
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The factor applied to rates which allows for such changes as increased cost of medical providers, the cost of new and expensive medical technology etc.