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Healthcare Management vocabulary · Health Insurance and Reimbursement

Coverage

Meaning in healthcare management, with examples

/ˈkʌvərɪdʒ/nounCore term

In healthcare management, coverage means: The range of treatments and costs that an insurance policy or public health system pays for, and the people who are protected by it.

In Turkish: teminat, kapsam, sigorta güvencesi

How it is used

American English prefers 'coverage'; British English often says 'cover'. Staff check whether a treatment is covered, explain what the coverage includes and excludes, and help patients who have no coverage.

Example sentences

  1. Her policy doesn't include coverage for dental treatment.

  2. Before surgery, the patient services team confirms coverage with the insurer.

Common collocations

  • insurance coverage
  • confirm coverage
  • coverage limit
  • lose coverage
  • extend coverage
  • health insuranceA system or contract in which regular payments to a public fund or a company cover all or part of a person's medical costs.
  • premiumThe amount a person or employer pays, usually every month or year, to keep a health insurance policy active.
  • prior authorizationApproval that a provider must get from an insurer before certain tests, treatments or medicines; without it, the insurer may refuse to pay.
  • universal health coverageA situation in which everyone can get the health services they need, when and where they need them, without suffering financial hardship.

This word in other fields

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