| N |
| National
Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) |
Top |
A
non-profit organization created to improve
patient care quality and health plan performance
in partnership with managed care plans,
purchasers, consumers, and the public sector. |
| Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit (Neo ICU) |
Top |
A
hospital unit with special equipment for the
care of premature and seriously ill newborn
infants. |
| Network
Model HMO |
Top |
A
health plan that contracts with multiple
physician groups to deliver health care to
members. Generally limited to large single or
multi-specialty groups. Distinguished from group
model plans that contract with a single medical
group, IPA's that contract through an
intermediary and direct contract model plans
that contract with individual physicians in the
community. |
| Non-Plan
Provider |
Top |
A
health care provider without a contract with an
insurer. Similar to a nonparticipating provider
under Medicare. |
