Type of health benefit plan used by self-insured employers that pays for medical services as they are received by the employee.

Type of insurance in which there is no additional health plan premium above the monthly Medicare Part B premium for an enrollee. Plans may include health maintenance organizations (HMOs), fee-for-service plans, preferred provider organizations (PPOs), point-of-service (POS) plans, provider-sponsored organizations (PSOs), religious fraternal benefit society plans (RFPs), and Medicare medical savings accounts (MSAs). Also see Medicare Part C and Medicare Plus (+) Choice (M+C) plan .

Surgical field on the palm side of the hand indicating from the distal interphalangeal crease to the ends of each digit.

Surgical field on the palm side of the hand from the crease in the wrist to the distal interphalangeal crease in the finger. Also referred to as “no man’s land.”