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- UCD
- See Unemployment Compensation Disability Insurance.
- Unallocated Benefit
- A benefit providing reimbursement of expenses up to a maximum but without any schedule of benefits as such.
- Unemployment Compensation Disability Insurance (UCD)
- Health Insurance that covers off-the-job accidents and sickness. It does not cover disability resulting from an injury or sickness covered by Workers Compensation Insurance. See also Disability Benefits Law.
- Uniform Billing Code of 1992 (UB-92)
- This code is scheduled to be implemented on October 1, 1993. It's a federal directive which states how a hospital must provide their patients with bills, itemizing all services included and billed on each invoice.
- Uniform Premium
- A rating system that is used to calculate premiums for all insureds with no distinctions as to age, sex or occupation. ***
- Uniform Provisions
- A set of provisions regarding the operating conditions of individual Health policies developed in a model law recommended by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and required, with minor variations by almost all jurisdictions, and permitted in all jurisdictions.
- Urgi-Center
- An emergency medical service center which is separate from any other hospital or medical facility.
- Usual, Customary, and Reasonable (UCR)
- See Reasonable and Customary.
- Utilization
- This refers to how much a covered group uses a particular health plan or program.
- Utilization and Review Committee
- A committee composed of medical personnel whose purpose it is to monitor the health care services and supplies provided to Medicare patients.
- Utilization Management
- This procedure or process utilizes a review coordinator to evaluate the necessity and appropriateness of various health care services.
- Utilization Review
- A cost control mechanism by which the appropriateness, necessity, and quality of health care is monitored by both insurers and employers.
