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Clinic/Center
Primary
An entity, facility, or distinct part of a facility, or mobile unit providing non-surgical, family planning/reproductive services including physical examination, laboratory services such as PAP or pregnancy tests; pregnancy, pregnancy...
taxonomy 261QF0050X
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Case Manager/Care Coordinator
A person who provides case management services and assists an individual in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational, and/or other services. The person has the ability to provide an assessment and review of completed plan...
taxonomy 171M00000X
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Community Health Worker
Community health workers (CHW) are lay members of communities who work either for pay or as volunteers in association with the local health care system in both urban and rural environments and usually share ethnicity, language,...
TX license #13422 taxonomy 172V00000X
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Community/Behavioral Health
A private or public agency usually under local government jurisdiction, responsible for assuring the delivery of community based mental health, intellectual disabilities, substance abuse and/or behavioral health services to individuals...
taxonomy 251S00000X
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Contractor
For the purposes of the Health Care Provider Taxonomy, a contractor is limited to individuals who do construction or mechanical work to modify a patient's environment to accommodate a health condition. Contractors perform projects...
taxonomy 171W00000X
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Counselor
Definition to come...
ME license #XP5406 taxonomy 101YP1600X
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Health & Wellness Coach
The Health & Wellness Coach is trained in motivational theories, strategies, and communication techniques, which are used to assist patients to develop intrinsic motivation and obtain skills to create sustainable change for improved...
taxonomy 171400000X
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Health Educator
Health educators work in a variety of settings providing education to individuals or groups of individuals on healthy behaviors, wellness, and health-related topics with the goal of preventing diseases and health problems. Health...
taxonomy 174H00000X
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Health Maintenance Organization
(1) A form of health insurance in which its members prepay a premium for the HMO's health services which generally include inpatient and ambulatory care. For the patient, an HMO means reduced out-of-pocket costs (i.e. no deductible), no...
taxonomy 302R00000X
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Interpreter
An Interpreter is a person who translates oral communication between two or more people. This includes translating from one language to another or interpreting sign language. An interpreter is necessary for medical care when the...
taxonomy 171R00000X
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Preferred Provider Organization
A group of physicians and/or hospitals who contract with an employer to provide services to their employees. In a PPO, the patient may got to the physician of his/her choice, even if that physician does not participate in the PPO, but...
taxonomy 305R00000X
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Public Health or Welfare
Definition to come...
taxonomy 251K00000X