Hospital Insurance

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Hospital Insurance is the component of Medicare that helps cover inpatient hospital care and related facility-based medical services for eligible beneficiaries.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hospital Insurance canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Medicare component ⓘ
health insurance coverage ⓘ
public insurance program ⓘ
administeredBy Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Medicare Part A ⓘ
appliesSetting acute care hospitals ⓘ
certain home health agencies ⓘ
hospice facilities ⓘ
skilled nursing facilities ⓘ
appliesTo Medicare beneficiaries ⓘ
benefitType facility-based services ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
covers critical access hospital care ⓘ
hospice care ⓘ
inpatient hospital care ⓘ
inpatient psychiatric care (limited) ⓘ
long-term care hospital services (limited) ⓘ
skilled nursing facility care (limited) ⓘ
some home health care ⓘ
distinctFrom Medical Insurance (Medicare Part B) ⓘ
linked to: Medicare Part B

Medicare Advantage (Medicare Part C) ⓘ
linked to: Medicare Part C

Medicare prescription drug coverage (Medicare Part D) ⓘ
linked to: Medicare Part D
doesNotRequire enrollment premium for most people with sufficient work history ⓘ
effectiveFrom 1966 ⓘ
eligibilityBasedOn age 65 or older (with other conditions possible) ⓘ
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ⓘ
disability qualifying for Social Security Disability Insurance ⓘ
end-stage renal disease ⓘ
establishedBy Social Security Amendments of 1965 ⓘ
excludes most physician services ⓘ
outpatient prescription drugs (with limited exceptions) ⓘ
routine dental care ⓘ
routine vision care ⓘ
financedBy beneficiary premiums (for some enrollees) ⓘ
general federal revenues (partially) ⓘ
payroll taxes ⓘ
fundedBy Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund ⓘ
hasCostSharing benefit periods ⓘ
coinsurance ⓘ
deductibles ⓘ
hasPremium monthly premium for beneficiaries without sufficient work history ⓘ
linkedTo Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap) for additional coverage ⓘ
linked to: Medigap policies
partOf Medicare ⓘ
linked to: Medicare Part A
premiumFreeFor beneficiaries with at least 40 quarters of Medicare-covered employment ⓘ
primaryPurpose protect beneficiaries from high costs of inpatient and facility-based care ⓘ
regulatedBy federal law ⓘ
requires inpatient admission order for inpatient hospital coverage ⓘ
startOfCoverage first day of hospital admission for an inpatient stay ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Medicare Part A → alsoKnownAs → Hospital Insurance ⓘ