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Glossaries

For many of us, medical and health insurance terms are unfamiliar or complex. Our glossaries define some of those terms.


		Allowed charge The amount Medicare approves for payment to Apria. Typically, Medicare pays 80% of the approved charge and the beneficiary/patient pays the remaining 20% after the annual deductible is met.

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Abuse
Adjustment
Allowed charge
American Hospital Association
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Appeal procedure
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Assignment of benefits
Average wholesale pricing

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