As used in this part, unless the context indicates otherwise-
Basic health services means health services described in § 417.101(a) .
Community rating system means a system of fixing rates of payments for health services that meets the requirements of § 417.104(a)(3) .
Comprehensive health services means as a minimum the following services which may be limited as to time and cost:
Direct service contract means a contract for the provision of basic or supplemental health services or both between an HMO and
Enrollee means an individual for whom an HMO, CMP, or HCPP assumes the responsibility, under a contract or agreement, for the furnishing of health care services on a prepaid basis.
Full-time student means a student who is enrolled for a sufficient number of credit hours in a semester or other academic term to enable the student to complete the course of study within not more than the number of semesters or other academic terms normally required to complete that course of study on a full-time basis at the school in which the student is enrolled.
Furnished, when used in connection with prepaid health care services, means services that are maid available to an enrollee either dierctly by, or under arrangements made by, the HMO, CMP, or HCPP.
Health maintenance organization (HMO) means a legal entity that provides or arranges for the provision of basic and supplemental health services to its enrollees in the manner prescribed by, is organized and operated in the manner prescribed by, and otherwise meets the requirements of, section 1301 of the PHS Act and the regulations in subparts B and C of this part.
Health professionals means physicians (doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy), dentists, nurses, podiatrists, optometrists, physicians' assistants, clinical psychologists, social workers, pharmacists, nutritionists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and other professionals engaged in the delivery of health services who are licensed, practice under an institutional license, are certified, or practice under authority of the HMO, a medical group, individual practice association, or other authority consistent with State law.
Individual practice association (IPA) means a partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity that delivers or arranges for the delivery of health services and which has entered into written services arrangement or arrangements with health professionals, a majority of whom are licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy. The written services arrangement must provide:
Medical group means a partnership, association, corporation, or other group:
Medical group members means
Medically underserved population means the population of an urban or rural area as described in Sec. 417.912(d).
Nonmetropolitan area means an area no part of which is within a standard metropolitan statistical area as designated by the Office of Management and Budget and which does not contain a city whose population exceeds 50,000 individuals.
Party in interest means:
Policymaking body of an HMO means a board of directors, governing body, or other body of individuals that has the authority to establish policy for the HMO.
Qualified HMO means an HMO found by CMS to be qualified within the meaning of section 1310 of the PHS Act and subpart D of this part.
Rural area means any area not listed as a place having a population of 2,500 or more in Document #PC(1)A, "Number of Inhabitants," Table VI, "Population of Places," and not listed as an urbanized area in Table XI, "Population of Urbanized Areas" of the same document (1970 Census or most recent update of this document, Bureau of Census, U.S. Department of Commerce).
Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services and any other officer or employee of the Department of Health and Human Services to whom the authority involved has been delegated.
Service area means a geographic area, defined through zip codes, census tracts, or other geographic measurements, that is the area, as determined by CMS, within which the HMO furnishes basic and supplemental health services and makes them available and accessible to all its enrollees in accordance with § 417.106(b) . Facilities in which individuals are incarcerated are not included in the geographic service area of an HMO or CMP plan.
Significant business transaction means any business transaction or series of transactions during any one fiscal year of the HMO, the total value of which exceeds the lesser of $25,000 or 5 percent of the total operating expenses of the HMO.
Staff of the HMO means health professionals who are employees of the HMO and who-
Subscriber means an enrollee who has entered into a contractual relationship with the HMO or who is responsible for making payments for basic health services (and contracted for supplemental health services) to the HMO or on whose behalf these payments are made.
Supplemental health services means the health services described in § 417.102(a) .
Unusual or infrequently used health services means:
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