reimbursement: third-party payer
An organization that acts as a fiscal intermediary between the provider and consumer of care. Examples include: insurance carriers, HMO's, and government as a provider of Medicare and Medicaid.*
Also: payer
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*Extracted from Family Physicians and Managed Care: A View to the 90's: (paperback 1993) with permission from American Academy of Family Physicians