Medicare glossary of commonly used terms
A
- activities of daily living (ADL)
- administrative law judge (ALJ)
- adult living care facility
- advance beneficiary notice (ABN)
- affiliated provider
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- aging in place
- ambulatory care
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s Disease
- ancillary services
- annual coordinated election period (ACEP) or annual election period
- annual election period
- appeal
- assigned claim
- assistive technology
M
- Medicaid
- Medicaid Buy-In for Working People with Disabilities
- Medicaid for the aged, blind and disabled (ABD)
- Medicaid spend-down program
- medical underwriting
- medically necessary
- Medicare Advantage open enrollment period (MAOEP)
- Medicare Advantage prescription drug plan (MAPD)
- Medicare cost plan
- Medicare Easy Pay
- Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
- Medicare Medical Savings Account (MSA) Plan
- Medicare open enrollment
- Medicare Part A
- Medicare Part B
- Medicare Part C (Medicare Advantage)
- Medicare Part D
- Medicare Select
- Medicare summary notice (MSN)
- Medicare supplement insurance
- Medigap
- Medigap open enrollment period
- Medigap protections
- Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance (MMMNA)
P
- palliative care
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
- pre-existing condition
- preferred provider organization
- prescription drug coverage
- prescription drug donut hole
- prescription drug plan (PDP)
- preventive services
- primary care doctor
- private fee-for-service plan
- programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly
S
- service area
- Silver Sneakers
- skilled nursing
- skilled nursing facility
- social health maintenance organization (SHMO)
- special election period
- special income limit (SIL)
- special needs plan (SNP)
- Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB) program
- spousal impoverishment rules
- stand-alone prescription drug plan
- State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
- state medical assistance office
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
