A decision about your health care that you make ahead of time in case you are ever unable to speak for yourself. This will let your family and your doctors know what decisions you would make if you were able to.
ASC/SPU
Ambulatory surgical center/short procedure unit.
Authorization
An O.K. or approval for a service.
B
တၢ်န့ၢ်အဘျုးတဖၣ်
Services, procedures and medications that UnitedHealthcare BadgerCare Plus will cover for you.
C
Clinical Care Management
One-on-one help by a nurse providing education and coordination of UnitedHealthcare BadgerCare Plus for Kids benefits, tailored to your needs.
D
Disenrollment
To stop your membership in UnitedHealthcare BadgerCare Plus.
E
ဂ့ၢ်ဂီၢ်အူ
When you reasonably believe that your health is in serious danger.
F
Federal Poverty Level (FPL)
Poverty income thresholds by family size that are annually updated by the Census Bureau for inflation.
တၢ်လီတၢ်၀့ၤ
An untruthful act – an example is someone other than you using your UnitedHealthcare BadgerCare Plus member ID card and pretending to be you.
H
Home Health Agency
A company hired by UnitedHealthcare BadgerCare Plus to provide care for you in your home.
I
ID Card
Identification card – a card that says you are a UnitedHealthcare BadgerCare Plus member. You should have this card with you at all times.
Informed Consent
You agree to all medical treatments.
ပှၤဆါလၢအထီၣ်တၢ်ဆါဟံၣ်
When you are admitted into a hospital for a length of time.
M
Medical Necessity
Your health care provider decides if a treatment, admission, procedure, medical supply, equipment, service or supply is medically necessary.
ကရူၢ်ဖိ
A person who is eligible for UnitedHealthcare BadgerCare Plus.
A doctor you choose to be your family physician. They have their own private practices.
Prior Authorization
The process for any service that needs an O.K. from UnitedHealthcare BadgerCare Plus before it can take place.
ပှၤမၤစၢၤဖံးမၤတၢ်
Any medical professional that UnitedHealthcare BadgerCare Plus has contracted with to take care of you.
ပှၤမၤစၢၤဖံးမၤတၢ်အတၢ်နဲၣ်ကျဲၤ
A list of providers who participate with UnitedHealthcare BadgerCare Plus to help take care of your healthcare needs.
R
တၢ်ဆှၢခီ
When you and your primary care provider agree you need to see another doctor, your primary care provider will send you to a UnitedHealthcare BadgerCare Plus specialist.
S
Self-Referred Services
Services for which you do not need to see your primary care provider for a referral.
Special Needs Unit (SNU)
A voluntary service offered by UnitedHealthcare BadgerCare Plus that can give you extra help in understanding and using your benefits if you have a disability or other special need.
ကသံၣ်သရၣ်ကူၣ်သ့စဲၣ်နီၤ
A doctor that has specific, detailed training in one certain medical field.
T
TANF
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
Treatment
The care that you may receive from doctors and facilities.
U
တၢ်ကွၢ်ထွဲသတူၢ်ကလာ်
When you need care, treatment or medical advice within a 24-hour time period.
W
WIC
Women, Infants and Children program, a supplemental nutrition program that provides nutritious food, education support and health care referrals for women, infants and children.
