Consumer Driven Health

Before You Go To the ER

5 Essential Habits of Savvy Health Care Consumers

Cancer Prevention

Cancer Survivors: What to expect with followup care?

Why Should I Quit Smoking?

Asthma

What is COPD?

Asthma 101

Healthy Heart

Reap the Rewards of Whole Grains

What is Homocysteine?

7 Ways to Beat High Blood Presure

Weight Management

How To Determine When and How Much to Eat

Understanding Your Weight

Altering Behaviors and Conquering Bad Habits that Lead to Obesity

Prevent Food Poisioning at Home

Preparing For Your Doctor Visit

Beating Holiday Stress: Pre-emptive strategies for coping

Staying Well in Cold and Flu Season

Signs and Symptoms of PreTerm Labor and What to Do

Healthy Babies Begin Before Conception

A1C: What's Your Number?

Insurance FYI:

Health Tip:

Ancillary Services: Auxiliary or supplemental services, such as diagnostic services, home health services, physical therapy, and occupational therapy, used to support diagnosis and treatment of a patient's condition.

Formulary: A listing of drugs, classified by therapeutic category or disease class, that are considered preferred therapy for a given managed population and that are to be used by an MCO's providers in prescribing medications.

Self-Funded Plan: A health plan under which an employer or other group sponsor, rather than an MCO or insurance company, is financially responsible for paying plan expenses, including claims made by group plan members. Also known as a self-insured plan.

Usual, Customary, and Reasonable (UCR) fee: The amount commonly charged for a particular medical service by physicians within a particular geographic region. UCR fees are used by traditional health insurance companies as the basis for physician reimbursement.

Utilization Review (UR)

The evaluation of the medical necessity, efficiency, and/or appropriateness of healthcare services and treatment plans.

Swollen Glands?

Swollen lymph nodes (glands) are commonly caused by an infection, an abscess, an inflammation or Lymph nodes are most noticeable in the groin, armpit, neck area, behind the ears, and back of the head. The National Library of Medicine says you should call your doctor if:

• Glands remain swollen, red, or sore, or continue to swell for a few weeks.
• Glands are hard, an abnormal shape, or won't move.
• In a child, if the glands swell to about 1/2 or larger.
• You have sudden weight loss, fever or night sweats.

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