Uniform Bill insurance claim form developed by the National Uniform Billing Committee for hospital inpatient billing and payment transactions in use from 1983 to 1993. It was replaced with the Uniform Bill (UB-92) claim form.

Institutional uniform claim form developed by the National Uniform Billing Committee for hospital inpatient billing and payment transactions in use from 1994. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) refers to this as the CMS-1450 claim form. The UB-92 replaced the Uniform Bill (UB-82) claim form that was also referred to as HCFA-1450 . The UB-92 will be replaced with the Uniform Bill (UB-04) claim form in 2008. For electronically transmitted institutional claims, the 837i replaces the paper UB-92.

Code system for institutional providers developed by the National Uniform Billing Committee for hospital inpatient billing and payment transactions in use from 1983 to 1993. Also see Uniform Bill (UB-82) claim form .

Code system for institutional providers developed by the National Uniform Billing Committee for hospital inpatient billing and payment transactions in use from 1994. Also see Uniform Bill (UB-92) claim form .

Code system for institutional providers developed by the National Uniform Billing Committee for hospital inpatient billing and payment transactions put into use by 2008. Also see Uniform Bill (UB-04) claim form .

Under a federal directive, standard billing style that requires hospitals and other Part A providers to itemize medical services on each billing statement. For electronically transmitted institutional claims, the uniform billing format is the 837i, which replaces the paper UB-04.

Organization that developed the initial HCFA-1500, now known as the CMS-1500 , professional claim form. The maintenance responsibilities were later assumed by the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC).

Collection of consistently defined, classified data that describe the medical content of a patient’s bill. For acute-care and short-term facilities, UHDDS is required by the federal government for Medicare and Medicaid discharged patients. UHDDS contains the patient’s age, sex, and ICD-9-CM diagnoses and procedures. The Uniform Hospital Discharge Abstract is used to collect the UHDDS. Assignment to a diagnosis-related group (DRG) is made from this data set by a fiscal intermediary.

Insurance policy regulations created by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners establishing provisions required in all individual health insurance policies. These provisions have been adopted by all 50 states and the District of Columbia. They include use of basic contract language, situations in which changes can be made to the policy, guidelines on how a beneficiary can be changed, submission of proof of loss, reinstatement of the policy, and grace period.

Health insurance contract conditions that require the use of basic contract language. The Uniform Individual Accident and Sickness Policy Provisions Act lists these provisions required by laws of all 50 states and the District of Columbia.