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Prepaid Care: Healthcare services provided to an HMO member in exchange for a fixed, monthly premium paid in advance of the delivery of medical care.

Outpatient Care: Treatment that is provided to a patient who is able to return home after care without an overnight stay in a hospital or other inpatient facility.

Out-of-Home Care: Child care, foster care or residential care provided by persons, organizations and institutions to children who are placed outside their families, usually under the jurisdiction of juvenile . . . View Full Definition

Medicare Supplement: A private medical expense insurance plan that supplements Medicare coverage. Also known as a Medigap policy.

Parent or caretaker: Person responsible for the care of the child.

Picaresque Novel: A humorous novel in which the plot consists of a young knave's misadventures and escapades narrated in comic or satiric scenes. This roguish protagonist--called a picaro--makes his (or somet . . . View Full Definition

Prepaid Group Legal Plan: A benefit plan that provides employees, their spouses or dependents with assistance in obtaining legal services, which have been prepaid in whole or in part by the employer.

Prepaid Expenses: Services, goods, and intangibles paid for prior to the period in which they provide benefit. Prepaid expenses are accounted for as assets until their benefit is realized.

Medicare Part D: A prescription drug benefit for Medicare-eligible seniors and disabled persons. It was established as part of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA) that Pre . . . View Full Definition

Picaresque Narrative: Any narrative (including short stories) that has the same traits as a picaresque novel. See discussion under picaresque novel.