- Industry: Health care
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CIGNA Corporation, headquartered in Philadelphia, provides health care and related benefits in the United States and internationally.
The portion of the costs of covered services paid by a health plan. For example, if a plan pays the remainder of a doctor's bill after an office visit copayment has been made, the amount the plan pays is the "benefit." Or, if the plan pays 80% of the reasonable and customary cost of covered services, that 80% payment is the "benefit."
Industry:Health care
To encourage employees to return to work as soon as they become physically able, an additional incentive is usually provided for a certain period of time, and is called a return to work provision. Under this provision, the employee can receive up to 100 percent of pre-disability earnings based on a combination of disability benefits, other benefits, income and return-to-work earnings.
Industry:Health care
A term informally used to refer to the employer's benefits plan or to the benefits plan options from which the employee can choose. "Benefits package" highlights the fact a health benefits plan is a compilation of specific benefits.
Industry:Health care
The part of the tooth below the crown, normally encased in the jawbone. It is made up of dentin, includes the root canal, and is covered by cementum.
Industry:Health care
A professional association of dentists dedicated to serving the public and profession of dentistry.
Industry:Health care
A professional association of physicians dedicated to promoting the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.
Industry:Health care
A program that offers members a comprehensive open access benefit plan with the protection they need wherever they need it - throughout the country. Members in these plans can access a broad provider network consisting of Tufts Health Plan-contracted providers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and CIGNA HealthCare-contracted providers in all other states. Members also have freedom of choice that allows them to see any provider - in or out of the network - when out-of-network coverage is part of the plan.
Industry:Health care
The name derived from Connecticut General Insurance and Insurance Company of North America when they merged in 1982.
Industry:Health care
(formerly MCC Behavioral Care) Part of the CIGNA HealthCare division which offers Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), as well as mental health and substance abuse benefits management. CIGNA Behavioral Health, Inc. delivers services through a national contracted provider network, as well as its own professional practice sites across the country.
Industry:Health care
