Glossary
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TRUST FUND RATIO | A short-range measure of the adequacy of the trust fund level; defined as the assets at the beginning of the year expressed as a percentage of the outgo during the year. |
TRUST FUND | Separate accounts in the U.S. Treasury, mandated by Congress, whose assets may be used only for a specified purpose. For the SMI trust fund, monies not withdrawn for current benefit payments and administrative expenses are invested in interest-bearing federal securities, as required by law; the interest earned is also deposited in the trust fund. |
TRUE NEGATIVES | These are eligibles who have not received any services through the managed care plan, as evidenced by the absence of a medical record and any encounter data. True negatives signify potential access problems, and should be investigated by the managed care plan. |
TRICARE FOR LIFE (TFL) | Expanded medical coverage available to Medicare-eligible uniformed services retirees age 65 or older, their eligible family members and survivors, and certain former spouses. |
TRICARE | A health care program for active duty and retired uniformed services members and their families. |
TREATMENT OPTIONS | The choices you have when there is more than one way to treat your health problem. |
TREATMENT | Something done to help with a health problem. For example, medicine and surgery are treatments. |
TRAUMA CODE DEVELOPMENT | An MSP investigation process triggered by receipt of a Medicare claim with a diagnosis indicating traumatic injury. |
TRANSPLANT | The surgical procedure that involves removing a functional organ from either a deceased or living donor and implanting it in a patient needing a functional organ to replace their nonfunctional organ. |
TRANSIENT PATIENTS | Patients who receive treatments on an episodic basis and are not part of a facilities regular caseload (i.e. patients who have not been permanently transferred to a facility for ongoing treatments). |