Quality: In a managed care context, an MCO's success in providing healthcare and other services in such a way that plan members' needs and expectations are met.

 

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Quality: In a managed care context, an MCO's success in providing healthcare and other services in such a way that plan members' needs and expectations are met.

Age Of Diurnal Inequality: The time interval between the maximum semimonthly north or south declination of the Moon and the maximum effect of declination upon range of tide or speed of the tidal current. The age may b . . . View Full Definition

Quality Spread: Difference between Treasury securities and non-Treasury securities that are identical in all respects except for quality rating. For instance, the difference between yields on Treasuries and . . . View Full Definition

Inequality: A systematic departure from the mean value of a tidal quantity. See diurnal inequality, parallax inequality, and phase inequality.

Quality Management (QM): An organization-wide process of measur-ing and improving the quality of the healthcare provided by an MCO.

Age Of Parallax Inequality: The time interval be tween perigee of the Moon and the maximum effect of parallax upon range of tide or speed of the tidal current. This age may be computed from the harmonic constants by th . . . View Full Definition

Age Of Phase Inequality: The time interval between new or full Moon and the maximum effect of these phases upon range of tide or speed of the tidal current. This age may be computed from the harmonic constants by th . . . View Full Definition

National Committee On Quality Assurance (NCQA): An independent, nonprofit organization which assesses the quality of managed care plans, managed behavioral health care organizations and credentials verification organizations.

Health Care Quality Improvement Program (HCQIP): A program, established by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, that seeks to improve the quality of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries by requiring Medicare+Choice coordinated care plans to . . . View Full Definition

Diurnal Inequality: The difference in height of the two high waters or of the two low waters of each tidal day; also, the difference in speed between the two flood tidal currents or the two ebb currents of each . . . View Full Definition