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Glossary
This glossary explains terms in the Medicare program, but it is not a legal
document. The official Medicare program provisions are found in the relevant laws, regulations,
and rulings.
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TELEMEDICINE
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Professional services given to a patient through an interactive telecommunications system by a practitioner at a distant site.
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TIERS
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To have lower costs, many plans place drugs into different "tiers," which cost different amounts. Each plan can form their tiers in different ways. Here is an example of how a plan might form its tiers.
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Tier 1 - Generic drugs. Tier 1 drugs will cost you the least amount.
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Tier 2 - Preferred brand-name drugs. Tier 2 drugs will cost you more than Tier 1 drugs.
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Tier 3 - Non-preferred brand-name drugs. Tier 3 drugs will cost you more than Tier 1 and Tier 2 drugs.
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TREATMENT
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Something done to help with a health problem. For example, medicine and surgery are treatments.
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TREATMENT OPTIONS
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The choices you have when there is more than one way to treat your health problem.
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TRICARE
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A health care program for active duty and retired uniformed services members and their families.
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TRICARE FOR LIFE (TFL)
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Expanded medical coverage available to Medicare-eligible uniformed services retirees age 65 or older, their eligible family members and survivors, and certain former spouses.
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TTY
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A teletypewriter (TTY) is a communication device used by people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a severe-speech impairment. A TTY consists of a keyboard, display screen, and modem. Messages travel over regular telephone lines. People who don?t have a TTY can communicate with a TTY user through a message relay center (MRC). An MRC has TTY operators available to send and interpret TTY messages.
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Page Last Updated: March 27, 2008
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