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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS -- A nonprofit association whose members comprise the insurance comissioners of the individual states and territories.

NATIONAL DIABETES EDUCATION PROGRAM (NDEP) - A joint effort of the CDC and the National Institutes of Health, NDEP supports communities, providers and worksites in educating individuals and families about pre-diabetes and diabetes prevention. For more information, see http://ndep.nih.gov or www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ndep.

NETWORK-MODEL HMO - A health maintenance organization (HMO) that contracts with more than one independent physician group to provide health services. The providers may see patients who are not members of the HMO. Also see HMO, Group-Model HMO and Staff-Model HMO.

NEVER EVENT - 28 occurrences that the National Quality Forum has identified as events that should never happen in a hospital and can be prevented. These events include surgical events, product or device events, and criminal events. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in January 2009 that Medicare would stop paying for three never events – wrong invasive procedures, invasive procedures performed on the wrong body part and invasive procedures performed on the wrong patient.

NURSE PRACTITIONER (NP/RNP) - A registered nurse with advanced academic and clinical experience who diagnoses and manages most common and many chronic illnesses, either independently or as part of a health care team. A nurse practitioner provides some care previously offered only by physicians and in most states has the ability to prescribe medications.

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