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Large businesses, small businesses, and individuals who form a group for insurance coverage.
Industry:Health care
A proposed healthcare system in which, no matter who is paying, prices for health services and payment methods are the same. Federal or state government, a private insurance company, a self-insured employer plan, an individual, or any other payer would pay the same rates. Also called Multiple Payer system.
Industry:Health care
All health services that are provided on an out-patient basis, that don't require overnight care. Also called out-patient care.
Industry:Health care
Supplemental services, including laboratory, radiology and physical therapy, that are provided along with medical or hospital care.
Industry:Health care
A person who is eligible for or receiving benefits under an insurance policy or plan.
Industry:Health care
The services that members are entitled to receive based on their health plan.
Industry:Health care
Status granted to a medical specialist who completes required training and passes and examination in his/her specialised area. Individuals who have met all requirements, but have not completed the exam are referred to as "board eligible."
Industry:Health care
A state-based federal assistance programme that provided cash payments to needy children (and their caretakers), who met certain income requirements. AFDC has now been replaced by a new block grant program, but the requirements, or criteria, can still be used for determining eligibility for Medicaid.
Industry:Health care
Non-profit, tax-exempt insurance service plans that cover hospital care, physician care and related services. Blue Cross and Blue Shield are separate organisations that have different benefits, premiums and policies. These organisations are in all states, and The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association of America is their national organization.
Industry:Health care
Designed to provide health coverage to workers between jobs, this legal act lets workers who leave a company buy health insurance from that company at the employer's group rate rather than an individual rate.
Industry:Health care
