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Business relationships

Person or organization that assumes some of the responsibilities of another one. This phrase has been avoided in the final Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules so that a more specific meaning could be used for business associate.

Buy-in

National program in which the state enters into an agreement with the Bureau of Health Insurance, which is under the Social Security Administration and obtains supplementary medical insurance benefits for eligible participants. The state pays the monthly health insurance premium on behalf of the beneficiary.

Buy-sell agreement

Contract made by partners of a business to buy the share of a disabled or deceased owner and which terms are established before the beginning of disability or death.
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(01) An agreement among part owners of a business which says that under stated conditions i.e., disability or death, the person withdrawing from the business or his heirs are legally obligated to sell their interest to the remaining part-owners and remaining part-owners are legally obligated to buy at a price fixed in the agreement. (02) A similar agreement between an owner or part-owner of a business and a non-owner such as a key employee.

By report (BR)

Documentation in the form of a report submitted with the claim when the notation BR follows the procedure code description. This term is sometimes seen in workers’ compensation fee schedules.

C codes

HCPCS codes that include device categories, new technology procedures, and drugs, biologicals, and radiopharmaceuticals that do not have other HCPCS assigned.

CA

HCPCS Level II modifier that may be used with CPT or HCPCS Level II codes indicating the procedure is payable only in the inpatient setting but the patient was seen as an emergency (outpatient) and expired before admission to the facility as an inpatient.