The noun ANTHOPHYTA has 1 sense: 1. comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta). Familiarity information: ANTHOPHYTA used as a noun is very rare.
Innovations Exchange: What is the impetus for States to establish managed LTSS? Lynda Flowers: The effort is being driven by the need to improve coordination of long-term care and acute-care services, produce better care outcomes for consumers, and reduce costs.
Long-term services and supports (LTSS) are the modernized term for community services, which may obtain health care financing (e.g., home and community-based Medicaid waiver services), and may or may not be operated by the traditional hospital-medical system (e.g., physicians, nurses, nurse's aides).