Category: H

An agency which provides home health care. To be certified under Medicare an agency must provide skilled nursing services and at least one additional therapeutic service (physical, speech or occupational therapy, medical social services, or home health aide services) in the home. Essentially the same as a home health care program in that it provides…

A provision of law that prevents a governmental entity, institution or other party from suffering additional expenses or loss of benefits as a result of a change in a statute or regulations. Without such a provision such an entity or institution would be responsible for expenses not previously anticipated due to an expanded caseload, more…

Legislation, and the programs operated under that legislation, for Federal support of construction and modernization of hospitals and other health facilities, beginning with the Hospital Survey and Construction Act of 1946. The original law, which has been amended frequently, provided for surveying State needs, developing plans for construction of hospitals and public health centers, and…

In a Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan, and some other insurance policies, denotes one of two or more levels of insurance which may be chosen by the subscriber. Under such options the benefits covered are usually essentially the same except that the high option provides lower deductibles and other cost-sharing requirements and more generous time…

A long range health plan prepared by a health systems agency for its health service area specifying the health goals considered appropriate by the agency for the area. The HSPs are to be prepared after consideration of national guidelines issued by HEW and study of the characteristics, resources and special needs of the health service…

A health planning and resources development agency designated under the terms of the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974, requires the designation of an USA in each of the health service areas in the United States. HSAs are to be nonprofit private corporations, public regional planning bodies, or single units of local…

A program for studying a group or population, in order to assess its health status, the conditions influencing or influenced by its health, and the health services and medical care available to and used by it. An investigation of an area or population in order to obtain information about some aspect of the health of…

A geographic area appropriate for the effective planning and development of health services. Section 1511 of the PHS Act requires that health service areas be delineated throughout the United States. The governors of the various States designate the areas using requirements specified in the law respecting geography, political boundaries, population, health resources and coordination with…

Planning concerned With improving health, whether undertaken comprehensively for a whole community or for a particular population, type of health service, or health program Some definitions clearly include all activities undertaken for the purpose of improving health (such as education, traffic and environmental control and nutrition) within the scope of responsibility of the planning process;…

A grant or contract under section 774 of the FHS Act (added by the Comprehensive Health Manpower Training Act of 1971, P.L. 92-157) which authorizes awards to health or educational entities for health manpower programs which will improve the distribution, supply, quality, utilization, and efficiency of health personnel and the health services delivery system. Support…