| ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITAL |
An organization including a physical plant and personnel that provides multidisciplinary diagnostic and treatment mental health services to patients requiring the safety, security, and shelter of the inpatient or partial hospitalization settings. |
| ADOLESENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES |
A Non-residential clinic that provides substance abuse services on an outpatient basis for adolescents. |
| ADULT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITAL |
An organization including a physical plant and personnel that provides multidisciplinary diagnostic and treatment mental health services to patients requiring the safety, security, and shelter of the inpatient or partial hospitalization settings. |
| ADULT SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES |
A Non-residential clinic that provides substance abuse services on an outpatient basis for adults. |
| AMBULANCE |
A vehicle specially equipped for taking sick or injured people to and from the hospital, especially in emergencies. |
| ANESTHESIOLOGY |
An anesthesiologist is trained to provide pain relief and maintenance, or restoration, of a stable condition during and immediately following an operation or an obstetric or diagnostic procedure. The anesthesiologist assesses the risk of the patient undergoing surgery and optimizes the patient's condition prior to, during and after surgery. In addition to these management responsibilities, the anesthesiologist provides medical management and consultation in pain management and critical care medicine. Anesthesiologists diagnose and treat acute, long-standing and cancer pain problems; diagnose and treat patients with critical illnesses or severe injuries; direct resuscitation in the care of patients with cardiac or respiratory emergencies, including the need for artificial ventilation; and supervise post-anesthesia recovery. |
| AUDIOLOGY SERVICES |
An entity, facility, or distinct part of a facility providing diagnostic, treatment, prescriptive, and therapy services related to congenital and acquired conditions and diseases that affect hearing capacity and speech ability. |
| BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES |
Behavioral Health Services are defined as an assessment, diagnosis, treatment or counseling in a professional relationship to assist an individual or group in alleviating mental or emotional illness, symptoms, conditions or disorders. |
| CANCER CENTER |
An entity, facility, or distinct part of a facility providing diagnostic, treatment and prescriptive services related to cancerous conditions. Services include chemotherapy infusions and monitoring of implanted chemotherapeutic agents. |
| CATHLAB |
(1) A clinical laboratory is a facility for the biological, microbiological, serological, chemical, immunohematological, hematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, or other examination of materials derived from the human body for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, human beings. These examinations also include procedures to determine, measure, or otherwise describe the presence or absence of various substances or organisms in the body. Facilities only collecting or preparing specimens (or both) or only serving as a mailing service and not performing testing are not considered clinical laboratories. (2) Any facility that examines materials from the human body for purposes of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of, the health of human beings. Typical divisions of a clinical laboratory include hematology, cytology, bacteriology, histology, biochemistry, medical toxicology, and serology. |
| DIABETES AND MEDICAL SUPPLY |
A center that offers medical supplies for diabetes, and other medical conditions, including items such as blood glucose meters, diabetes test strips, and insulin pumps. |
| DIABETIC COUNSELING CENTER |
A Diabetic Counseling Center offers various services for patients with Diabetes, such as Diabetes Self-Management Education, Nutrition Counseling, Exercise Programs, and Emotional Support Groups. |
| DIALYSIS CENTER |
A patient treatment center that administers dialysis to patients whose kidneys no longer function adequately. |
| DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT |
A supplier of medical equipment such as respirators, wheelchairs, home dialysis systems, or monitoring systems, that are prescribed by a physician for a patient’s use in the home and that are usable for an extended period of time. |
| EATING DISORDER CENTER |
A center specializing in the treatment of eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia. |
| EMERGENCY CENTER |
An acute general hospital is an institution whose primary function is to provide inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and non-surgical, to a wide population group. The hospital treats patients in an acute phase of illness or injury, characterized by a single episode or a fairly short duration, from which the patient returns to his or her normal or previous level of activity. |
| FAMILY PLANNING |
Family Planning pertains to reproductive health and planning, including counseling and education. A variety of services may be offered, such as contraception, STD testing, and outpatient procedures. |
| HEALTH CLINIC |
Health Clinics are community-based and patient-directed organizations that deliver comprehensive, culturally competent, high-quality primary health care services. Health centers also often integrate access to pharmacy, mental health, substance use disorder, and oral health services in areas where economic, geographic, or cultural barriers limit access to affordable health care services. |
| HEALTH DEPARTMENT |
A health department is a part of government which focuses on issues related to the general health of the citizenry. |
| HOME HEALTH CARE |
A public agency or private organization, or a subdivision of such an agency or organization, that is primarily engaged in providing skilled nursing services and other therapeutic services, such as physical therapy, speech-language pathology services, or occupational therapy, medical social services, and home health aide services. It has policies established by a professional group associated with the agency or organization (including at least one physician and one registered nurse) to govern the services and provides for supervision of such services by a physician or a registered nurse; maintains clinical records on all patients; is licensed in accordance with State or local law or is approved by the State or local licensing agency as meeting the licensing standards, where applicable; and meets other conditions found by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to be necessary for health and safety. |
| HOME INFUSION CARE |
The use of home infusion care allows patients who require regular intravenous treatments to receive this form of treatment in the comfort of their home. Normally, patients would have to regularly travel to the clinic of a doctor to who administers this type of therapy, or to a clinic that specializes in IV treatments. Home infusion care incorporates medications and a trained nursing staff that is able to tend to patients within their place of residence. |
| HOSPICE |
A provider organization, or distinct part of the organization, which renders an interdisciplinary program providing palliative care, chiefly medical relief of pain and supporting services, which addresses the emotional, social, financial, and legal needs of terminally ill patients and their families where an institutional care environment is required for the patient. |
| HOSPITAL |
An acute general hospital is an institution whose primary function is to provide inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and non-surgical, to a wide population group. The hospital treats patients in an acute phase of illness or injury, characterized by a single episode or a fairly short duration, from which the patient returns to his or her normal or previous level of activity. |
| HOSPITALIST/HOSPITAL-BASED |
Hospitalists are physicians whose primary professional focus is the general medical care of hospitalized patients. Their activities include patient care, teaching, research, and leadership related to Hospital Medicine. The term 'hospitalist' refers to physicians whose practice emphasizes providing care for hospitalized patients. |
| LABORATORY |
(1) A clinical laboratory is a facility for the biological, microbiological, serological, chemical, immunohematological, hematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, or other examination of materials derived from the human body for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, human beings. These examinations also include procedures to determine, measure, or otherwise describe the presence or absence of various substances or organisms in the body. Facilities only collecting or preparing specimens (or both) or only serving as a mailing service and not performing testing are not considered clinical laboratories. (2) Any facility that examines materials from the human body for purposes of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of, the health of human beings. Typical divisions of a clinical laboratory include hematology, cytology, bacteriology, histology, biochemistry, medical toxicology, and serology. |
| LITHOTRIPSY SERVICES |
Lithotripsy is a procedure that uses shock waves to break up stones in the kidney, bladder, or ureter (tube that carries urine from your kidneys to your bladder). After the procedure, the tiny pieces of stones pass out of your body in your urine. |
| LONG TERM ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL |
Long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) furnish extended medical and rehabilitative care to individuals who are clinically complex and have multiple acute or chronic conditions. |
| MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICES |
A mammogram can be used to check for breast cancer in women who have no signs or symptoms of the disease. This type of mammogram is called a screening mammogram. Screening mammograms usually involve two or more x-ray pictures, or images, of each breast. |
| NUTRITIONAL SERVICES |
Nutrition services provides nutrition counseling, education and support. A nutrition services provider may offer assistance with weight reduction, eating disorders, and nutrition-related diseases. |
| ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS |
An organization that provides prosthetic and orthotic care which may include, but is not limited to, patient evaluation, prosthesis or orthosis design, fabrication, fitting and modification to treat limb loss for purposes of restoring physiological function and/or cosmesis or to treat a neuromusculoskeletal disorder or acquired condition. |
| PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY |
(1) Physical therapists are health care professionals who evaluate and treat people with health problems resulting from injury or disease. PT’s assess joint motion, muscle strength and endurance, function of heart and lungs, and performance of activities required in daily living, among other responsibilities. Treatment includes therapeutic exercises, cardiovascular endurance training, and training in activities of daily living. (2) A physical therapist is a person qualified by an accredited program in physical therapy, licensed by the state, and practicing within the scope of that license. Physical therapists treat disease, injury, or loss of a bodily part by physical means, such as the application of light, heat, cold, water, electricity, massage and exercise. They develop treatment plans based upon each patient’s strengths, weaknesses, range of motion and ability to function. (3) A health professional who specializes in physical therapy- the health care field concerned primarily with the treatment of disorders with physical agents and methods, such as massage, manipulation, therapeutic exercises, cold, heat (including short-wave, microwave, and ultrasonic diathermy), hydrotherapy, electric stimulation and light to assist in rehabilitating patients and in restoring normal function after an illness or injury. |
| PHYSICIAN |
A physician is a professional who practises medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. |
| RADIOLOGY & IMAGING |
A location where doctors who specialize in diagnosing and treating disease and injury use medical imaging techniques such as x-rays, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging nuclear medicine and other treatment techniques see patients. |
| REHABILITATION |
The process of helping a person who has suffered an illness or injury restore lost skills and so regain maximum self-sufficiency. For example, rehabilitation work after a stroke may help the patient walk and speak clearly again. |
| RYAN WHITE |
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program is the nation’s safety net for people with HIV providing outpatient HIV care and treatment to those without health insurance and filling in coverage gaps for those with insurance. |
| SKILLED NURSING FACILITY |
(1) A skilled nursing facility is a facility or distinct part of an institution whose primary function is to provide medical, continuous nursing, and other health and social services to patients who are not in an acute phase of illness requiring services in a hospital, but who require primary restorative or skilled nursing services on an inpatient basis above the level of intermediate or custodial care in order to reach a degree of body functioning to permit self care in essential daily living. It meets any licensing or certification standards et forth by the jurisdiction where it is located. A skilled nursing facility may be a freestanding facility or part of a hospital that has been certified by Medicare to admit patients requiring subacute care and rehabilitation; (2) Provides non-acute medical and skilled nursing care services, therapy and social services under the supervision of a licensed registered nurse on a 24-hour basis. |
| SLEEP DISORDER CLINIC |
A sleep disorder clinic is a location where doctors monitor patients overnight for sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and insomnia. |
| SPEECH THERAPY |
An entity, facility, or distinct part of a facility providing diagnostic, treatment, prescriptive, and therapy services related to congenital and acquired conditions and diseases that affect hearing capacity and speech ability. |
| SURGICAL CENTER |
Surgical Centers are designed exclusively for short-stay surgery. They have surgical suites and sophisticated equipment are like those of a large hospital. |
| URGENT CARE CENTER |
An urgent care center is a walk-in clinic focused on the delivery of medical care for minor illnesses and injuries in an ambulatory medical facility outside of a traditional hospital-based or freestanding emergency department. |
| VISION CENTER |
A center that makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists. |