- Industry: Insurance
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- Company Profile:
Aetna, Inc. is an American diversified health insurance company, providing a range of traditional and consumer directed health care insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral health, group life, long-term care, and disability plans, and medical ...
This is a way to decide if a worker is truly disabled. The terms of the policy are used to decide this.
Industry:Health care
This is a cancer treatment. It involves chemical or biological drugs. These drugs are usually given through a vein.
Industry:Health care
This is an employer who pays benefit claims for his or her employees. The employer takes on most, or all, of the risk of the costs of benefit claims. The benefit company manages those payments.
Industry:Health care
A network is a group of health care providers. It includes doctors, dentists and hospitals. The health care providers in the network sign a contract with a health plan to provide services. Usually, the network provides services at a special rate. With some health plans, people get more coverage when they get care in the network.
Industry:Health care
This therapy is used to help treat the spine, joint pain and movement problems. A licenced chiropractor gives this care.
Industry:Health care
This is also called a “self-funded plan.” This is a type of plan in which the employer takes on most, or all, of the costs of benefit claims. The benefit company manages the payments. But the employer is the one who pays the claims. These plans are often more flexible for the employer. That is because the employer is oftentimes not subject to state law requirements.
Industry:Health care
This is a medical condition. A person who has it gets up often during the night because he or she needs to urinate.
Industry:Health care
This is a request to be paid by a health plan for health services given. An example would be the claim your doctor sends to your health plan for an office visit. It is also a request for payment under a disability or life insurance plan.
Industry:Health care
This is an area served by a health plan. It is where the plan is licenced to accept members. It is also where a network of doctors exists to give health care services.
Industry:Health care
This is a type of pharmacy benefits plan. It only covers prescription drugs on the plan’s list. The list is called a “formulary”. Drugs not on this list need to be approved by the plan before they can be covered.
Industry:Health care
