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Hospitals glossary and terms letter "S"
Staff physician
Self-Insured Plan
Skilled Nursing Facility Care
Special Enrollment Period
Special Health Care Need
State Continuation Coverage
Sanction
SCH
SCHIP
SCR
Secondary Care
Secondary Coverage
Secondary Payer
Second Opinion
Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver
Section 1915(b) Medicaid Waiver
Self-Funding or Self-Funded Plan
Self-Insurance or Self-Insured
Sentinel Event
Service Area
Service Category Definition
Shadow Pricing
Shared Risk Pool for Referral Services
Shared Savings
SHIP
SHMO
Significant Break in Coverage
Single-Stream Funding
Site Appropriateness Listings
Site-of-Service Differential
Skilled Care
Skilled Nursing Care
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Small Group
Small Group Market
SMI
SNF
Sole Community Hospital (SCH)
Solo Practice, Solo Practitioner
Social Health Maintenance Organization (SHMO)
SLMB
SPD
Special Election Period
Specialist
Special Needs Plan
Specialty Health Maintenance Organization (Specialty HMO)
Specific Stop Loss Coverage
Specified Disease Insurance
Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries (SLMB)
Spend Down
Spider Graphs/Charts
Sponsor
SSI
Staff Model HMO
Standard Class Rate (SCR)
Standard Community Rating
Standard of Care
Standards
Standing Referral
State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
State Insurance Department
State Medical Assistance Office
State Pharmacy Assistance Program
State Survey
Statutory Solvency
Step Protocol
Step Therapy (and Fail First Requirements)
Stop Loss Insurance
Structural Integration
Sub-Capitation, Subcap or Subcapitation
Subscriber
Subscriber Contract
Subsidy
Subrogation
Summary Plan Description (SPD)
Supplemental Insurance
Supplemental Medical Insurance (SMI)
Supplemental Payer
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Supplemental Services
Supplier
Surplus
Surplus Lines Tax
Shaped Beam Radiation System
Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography Unit
Skilled Nursing or Other Long-Term Care Unit
Sleep Lab Department
Social Services
Speech Therapy Services
Sports Medicine Department
Sterotactic Radiosurgery
Subacute Care
Support Groups
Swing Bed Services
Safer Needle Devices or Sharps with engineered sharps injury protections
Sharps
Skilled Nursing Facility
Sonographer
Sonologist
Specular reflection
Scoliosis
Spastic
Spinous process
Subcutaneous
Subluxation
Scan
Seizure
Shortness of breath
Sodium
Sprain
Stress
Stroke
Surgery
SOCIAL WORKER
Supervisors/Charge Nurse
Sepsis
SVC or Superior Vena Cava
Saline
Sats
Sedative
Seizure disorder
Sensory
Septostomy
Serum
Shaken baby syndrome
Shearing
Shock
Shunt
Sibling
Side effects
Skull fracture
Somnolent
Spasm
Spasticity
Sputum
Staph or Staphylococcus
STAT
Stem cells
Stenosis
Stent
Steroid
Stethoscope
Strep or Streptococcus
Suction
Supine
Supportive Care
Sympathetic Nervous System
Symptom
Syndrome
Syringe
Systemic therapy
Systolic
Saethe-Chotzen
Salicylic acid
Saline solution
Saliva
Salmonella
Salmonella infections
Salpingectomy
Salpingo-oophorectomy
Sarcoidosis
Saturated fat
Scabies
Scales
Scapula
Scar
Schiller test
Schizophrenia
Sciatica (also called lumbar radiculopathy)
Sclera
Scleroderma
Sclerosing adenosis
Sclerotherapy
Screening
Screening mammogram
Scrotum
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
Sebaceous glands
Seborrheic keratosis
Sebum
Secondary tumor
Secretin
Segmental mastectomy
Segmentation
Self-esteem
Sella turcica
Sensorineural hearing loss
Septal defect
Septoplasty
Septum
Serology
Serotonin
Sexually transmitted disease (STD)
Shigellosis
Shin splints
Short bowel syndrome (also called short gut syndrome)
Shwachman's syndrome
Sialorrhea
Sigmoid colon
Sigmoidoscopy
Sign language
Silent ischemia
Simple mastectomy
Sinuses (paranasal sinuses)
Sinus node
Sinusitis
Skin (cutaneous) diphtheria
Skin cancer
Skin grafts
Skin tags
Small intestine
Smallpox
Smell
Smell disorder
Smooth muscle
Social phobia
Soft tissue
Somatosensory
Sound vocalization
Spasmodic dysphonia
Specific language impairment (SLI)
Specific phobia
Speech
Speech disorder
Speech processor
Speech-language pathologist
Sperm disorders
SPF
Sphincter
Sphincter muscles
Sphincter of Oddi
Sphincterotomy
Sphygmomanometer
Spider angioma
Spinal anesthesia
Spinal anesthetic
Spinal cord
Spinal instability
Spinal stenosis
Spinal tap (also called lumbar puncture)
Spine
Spirogram
Spirometer
Spirometry
Spleen
Splenectomy
Splints
Spondylitis
Spondylolisthesis
Spondylosis
Sporadic
Sputum (Also called phlegm.)
Squamous cell cancer
Squamous cell carcinoma
Squamous cells (also called keratinocytes)
Squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL)
Stage
Staging
Stem cell transplantation
Stereopsis
Sternum
Stirrups
Stoma
Stomach
Stomach ulcer (also called a gastric ulcer)
Stool (also called feces)
Stork bite (salmon patch)
Straight leg raise (SLR)
Strain
Strawberry hemangioma
Streptokinase
Stress fracture
Stress incontinence
Stress ulcer
Striatum
Stricture (also called stenosis)
Stroke (also called brain attack)
Stuttering
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Subchondral tissue
Subcutis
Substantia nigra
Subtotal (partial) gastrectomy
Sudden-deafness
Sudden death
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Suicidal behavior
Suicidal ideation
Suicide
Suicide attempt
Sunburn
Sunscreen
Superior vena cava
Suprarenal glands
Suspensory ligament of lens
Sustention (postural) tremor
Swallowing disorders
Synapse
Syncope
Syndactyly
Syndromic hearing impairment
Synovial fluid
Synovial membrane
Synovitis
Synovium
Syphilis
Syrup of ipecac
Systemic
Systemic chemotherapy
Systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus)
Systemic treatment or therapy
Systolic blood pressure
Systolic pressure
Sarcoma
Scald burn
Scaphocephaly
Scotoma
Second-degree burn (Also called a partial thickness burn.)
Second-degree relative
Secondary sexual characteristics
Selective mutism
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)
Sex chromosomes
Shaken infant
Shellfish
Shprintzen syndrome (also known as DiGeorge syndrome; velocardiofacial syndrome; 22q11 syndrome
Sickle cell - hemoglobin C disease
Sickle cell - hemoglobin E disease
Sickle cell anemia (hemoglobin SS)
Sickle cell disease
Sickle cell trait
Sickle crisis (Also called pain crisis or vasoocclusive crisis.)
Single ventricle
Single ventricle syndrome
Sinus (paranasal sinuses)
Sinus rhythm
Sinus tachycardia
Sjogren syndrome
Skeletal dysplasias
Skin graft
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)
Small for gestational age (SGA)
Smoke alarm
Soft palate
Span
Speech and language specialist
Speech disorders
Sphincter electromyogram (EMG)
Spina bifida (also called meningomyelocele or neural tube defect)
Spinal cord injury (SCI)
Spinal disc herniation
Spinal muscular atrophy
Spinal tap (Also called a lumbar puncture.)
Spine deformities (scoliosis; kyphosis; lordosis)
Spine or vertebral anomalies
Splinter
Spondyloarthropathy
Sports injuries
Sports-related concussion
Squamous cells (Also called keratinocytes.)
Stature disorders
Sternotomy
Stomach and duodenal ulcers (peptic ulcers)
Stool
Stork bite or salmon patch
Strabismus
Stress test
Stricture
Stridor
Sturge-Weber syndrome
Subclavian
Subclavian flap
Subconjunctival hemorrhage
Subtotal or partial gastrectomy
Sudden deafness
Suffocation
Suppurative
Suprarenal glands (Also called adrenal glands.)
Supraventricular tachycardia
Surgical oncologist
Swallow study
Swine flu
Syringohydromyelia
Systemic lupus erythematosus (also called SLE or lupus)
Systole
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