CCMA Module #14 Vocabulary

An association of providers and third-party payers that assumes a defined range of responsibilities for a specific population and is held accountable, financially as well as through specific quality indicators, for its members' health.

• Holistic health care

• Affordable Care Act

• Patient Centered Medical Home

• Accountable Care Organization

Also know as Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPCA), legislation signed into law in 2010 that increased the quality, availability, and affordability of private and public health insurance.

• Continuity of Care

• Affordable Care Act

• Accountable Care Organization

• Compliance

A model philosophy intended to improve the effectiveness of primary care.

• Care Coordination

• Hospice

• Patient Centered Medical Home

• Home Health

Comprehensive or total patient care that considers the physical, emotional, social, economic and spiritual needs of the person

• Holistic health care

• Primary Care

• HIPAA

• Patient Centered Medical Home

The deliberate organization of patient care activities between two or more participants involved in a patient's care to facilitate the appropriate delivery of health care services.

• Continuity of Care

• Holistic Care

• Care Coordination

• Compliance

Meeting the standards and regulations of the medical practice's established policies and procedures.

• Continuity of Care

• Primary care

• HIPAA

• Compliance

Continuation of care smoothly from one provider to another, so that the patient receives the most benefit and no interruption to care.

• Compliance Care

• Continuity of Care

• Home Health

• Palliative Care