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11Health Care Service Corporation — (HCSC), founded in 1936, is a non investor owned mutual insurance company that operates the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.With about 13 million members in its health plans, HCSC is the largest non… …
12Accidental death and dismemberment insurance — (also known as AD D) is a form of insurance covering death or specific types of injury as a result of an accident.Margaret E. Lynch, Editor, Health Insurance Terminology, Health Insurance Association of America, 1992, ISBN 1 879143 13 5] In the… …
13Health disparities — (also called healthcare inequality in some countries) refer to gaps in the quality of health and health care across racial (see Race and health), ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Healthy… …
14Health advocacy — encompasses direct service to the individual or family as well as activities that promote health and access to health care in communities and the larger public. Advocates support and promote the rights of the patient in the health care arena,… …
15Independent practice association — An independent practice association (or IPA) is an association of independent physicians, or other organization that contracts with independent physicians, and provides services to managed care organizations on a negotiated per capita rate, flat… …
16Health care politics — Health care often accounts for one of the largest areas of spending for both governments and individuals all over the world, and as such it is surrounded by controversy. Though there are many topics involved in health care politics, most can be… …
17Insurance in the United States — refers to the market for risk in the United States of America. Some main features of insurance could be said to be, *the benefit provided by a particular kind of indemnity contract, called an insurance policy; *that is issued by one of several… …
18Health Level 7 — Health Level Seven (HL7), is an all volunteer, non profit organization involved in development of international healthcare informatics interoperability standards.[1] HL7 is also used to refer to some of the specific standards created by the… …
19Social insurance — is any government sponsored program with the following four characteristics: * the benefits, eligibility requirements and other aspects of the program are defined by statute; * explicit provision is made to account for the income and expenses… …
20Health New England — is a managed care organization that has been serving western Massachusetts since 1985. Because of its commitment to accountable, personal service, more than 100,000 members and 5,000 employers select HNE as their choice for health care coverage,… …
