Medicare definition

Medicare means the “Health Insurance for the Aged Act,” Title XVIII of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, as then constituted or later amended.
Medicare means that government-sponsored insurance program under Title XVIII, P.L. 89-97, of the Social Security Act, which provides for a health insurance system for eligible elderly and disabled individuals, as set forth at Section 1395, et seq. of Title 42 of the United States Code.
Medicare. The health insurance program for the aged and disabled established by Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 1395 et seq.) and any statute succeeding thereto.

Examples of Medicare in a sentence

  • Contractor shall be solely responsible for all matters relating to the payment of Contractor’s employees, including but not limited to compliance with Medicare, social security, income tax withholding, unemployment and workers’ compensation laws and regulations, withholding for/providing of any and all employee benefits, and all other laws and regulations governing such matters.

  • Services performed by a provider who has been excluded or debarred from participation in federal programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid.

  • The following factors are used to determine which plan is primary and which plan is • if you are the main subscriber or a dependent; • if you are married, which spouse was born earlier in the year; • the length of time each spouse has been covered under the plan; • if a parental custody or divorce decree applies; or • if Medicare is your other coverage, then Medicare guidelines will apply.

  • In order to be eligible, the loss of coverage must be the result of: • legal separation or divorce; • death of the covered policy holder; • termination of employment or reduction in the number of hours of employment; • the covered policy holder becomes entitled to Medicare; • loss of dependent child status under the plan; • employer contributions to such coverage are being terminated; • COBRA benefits are exhausted; or • your employer is undergoing Chapter 11 proceedings.

  • The Department reserves the right to disallow a proposed subcontracting arrangement if the proposed Subcontractor has been formally restricted from participating in a federal entitlement program (i.e., Medicare, Medicaid, and programs through ACF).


More Definitions of Medicare

Medicare means that government-sponsored entitlement program under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act that provides for a health insurance system for eligible elderly and disabled individuals.
Medicare when used above, means Part A and B of the health care program for the aged and disabled provided by Title XVIII of the United States Social Security Act, as amended from time to time.
Medicare means the program of health benefits for the aged and disabled administered by CMS pursuant to the terms of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.
Medicare means the health care program under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
Medicare means benefits under the federal medicare program established under title XVIII of the social security act, 42 USC 1395 to 1395kkk-1.
Medicare means “The Health Insurance for the Aged Act, Title XVIII of the Social Security Amendments of 1965 as Then Constituted or Later Amended,” or “Title I, Part I of Public Law 89-97, as Enacted by the Eighty-Ninth Congress of the United States of America and popularly known as the Health Insurance for the Aged Act, as then constituted and any later amendments or substitutes thereof,” or words of similar import.
Medicare means, collectively, the health insurance program for the aged and disabled established by Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 1395 et seq.) and any statutes succeeding thereto, and all laws, rules, regulations, manuals, orders, guidelines or requirements (whether or not having the force of law) pertaining to such program, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.