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Medicare Glossary. Definitions for common Medicare terms. extra help. DEFINITION: Individuals with limited income and resources and who have difficulty making their Medicare premium payments are, in some cases, eligible for financial assistance through the Extra Help program.
CMS uses Medicare contractors to, among other. things, process and pay Medicare claims submitted for medical services. Section 1886(d)(5)(A) of the Act allows Medicare to supplement basic prospective payments for. inpatient hospital services by making outlier payments for unusually high-cost cases. To qualify. for outlier payments, a case must have estimated costs that exceed a CMS-established cost. threshold.