Overseeing a patient’s entire condition or disease state rather than treatment to individual components of a disease in isolation. Achievement of beneficial outcomes and cost effectiveness are emphasized. The patient’s overall condition is treated carefully analyzing side effects and cost of treatment.

1. Process in which a patient ends his or her health care coverage with a health plan. Generally this is now allowed unless a patient has been with a plan for at least 6 to 12 months. 2. In the Medicare program, a beneficiary may disenroll at the beginning of any given month if notice is given by a certain preceding deadline during the previous month.

1. Member’s voluntary cancellation of membership in a managed care plan. 2. Involuntary disenrollment may occur because of a member’s change in employment.

Abnormal color, shape, or structure of a body part that if visible may cause social rejection and/or poor self-image, causing a change in lifestyle and behavior.

Process of removing funds from a financial intermediary so that it will earn a higher yield with another financial intermediary.
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UK: Process of parties dealing direct without involving intermediaries, e.g. insurer sells personal lines over the Internet. Innovatory ART products are often handled directly by the contracting parties.