Retirement plan in which benefits are coordinated with benefits of a government-sponsored pension plan.

Arrangement of primary and secondary hospitals and physicians within a specific geographical area rendering a network of medical services.

MEDICAL,USA: 1. Process used by hospital facilities and physicians in which they combine business operations to reduce expenses and increase health care services. There are different types of integration such as simple coordination (combine purchasing) to full integration (centralized administration and coordination of care). 2. Combination of two or more insurance benefit plans to prevent duplication of benefit payments. Also referred to as integrated carve-out plan .
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A coordination of disability benefits with benefits payable under Social Security, through a specific formulae.
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UK: Reduction of a person’s pension by part or all of the pension they will receive from the basic state pension. See STATE OFFSET PENSION.

Medical care that incorporates the best approaches from conventional medicine and from complementary and alternative medicine. It includes the following specialty areas: acupuncturist, body work, chiropractic, conventional nursing, indigenous medicine, mental health care, minority health care, Oriental medicine, physical medicine, spiritual and prayer-based healing, Ayurvedic medicine, botanical medicine, clinical nutrition, holistic dentists and physicians, homeopathy, massage therapy, midwifery, naturopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, and somatic educational. Alternative billing codes (ABCs) are used to bill for these services. Also called integrative medicine . See also alternative medicine and alternative billing codes (ABCs) . Website: www.alternativelink.com

Same as optical character recognition.

Constant complex health care as provided in various acute life-threatening conditions such as multiple trauma, severe burns, or myocardial infarction or after certain kinds of surgery. Life support systems are used such as respirators, monitors, and hypothermia equipment. Some insurance policies may increase the daily room and board benefit when an intensive care unit is necessary.