- Industry: Insurance
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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 form your doctor gives you so you can get care from a specialist or health care facility. It may be written or sent by computer.
Industry:Health care
This legal document tells your doctor what kind of care you want or do not want. It will be used if you are too sick to make medical decisions on your own. It is sometimes also called a “living will.”
Industry:Health care
This is done to help disabled people live better. It can help them do their job. It can also help them in community and daily life activities. It can be building a wood ramp for a wheelchair. It can be using a computer that responds to a voice. These are just two examples.
Industry:Health care
This applies to a health care provider. The provider does not participate in Medicare. There is a limit on how much the provider can charge for a service covered by Medicare. The limit is 15% more than the amount Medicare allows for the service.
Industry:Health care
This is the part of a bill that is eligible to be paid under your health plan.
Industry:Health care
This is a programme that helps a person improve his or her health so he or she can return to work. Physical, mental and career training is used.
Industry:Health care
This is a law. It: strengthened the current Medicare program; added coverage for preventive care; created the Medicare Part D prescription drug plan; gave extra help to people with low incomes.
Industry:Health care
This is a type of filling made up of several different metals. It is silver in colour and is mainly used on back teeth.
Industry:Health care
This is money you get back from your health plan for covered costs you paid to your doctor.
Industry:Health care
