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Aetna, Inc.
Industrie: Insurance
Number of terms: 2862
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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 ...
See “Reasonable and customary charge.”
Industry:Health care
This is a phrase in a contract. It means an insurer can keep up life insurance coverage for a disabled employee. The employee does not pay for the coverage.
Industry:Health care
These are tests that a health care professional orders. The tests help see if a person has a condition or a disease. X-rays and ultrasounds are examples of these tests.
Industry:Health care
This helps rate how willing and able a person is to return to work. It also shows how well he or she will relate to managers and coworkers. A formal one uses standardized tests and direct observation of the worker doing job tasks. This is usually done at a rehabilitation center. An informal one is an interview usually done by a private job counselor.
Industry:Health care
This is a type of medicine. It must have a doctor’s prescriptions before it can be sold. It is different than an over-the-counter drug. This can be bought without a prescription.
Industry:Health care
This is a type of health plan. The plan lets you go directly to a health care professional in the plan’s network without a referral.
Industry:Health care
These are group benefits offered by the employer. They are paid for completely by the employees.
Industry:Health care
This is a doctor who is part of a health plan's network. He or she is a patient’s main contact for care. PCPs give referrals for other care. They coordinate care their patients get from specialists or other care facilities. In some health plans, a person must choose a PCP to coordinate care.
Industry:Health care
See “Long-term disability” and “Short-term disability.”
Industry:Health care
This is the amount of money an employee can get while out of work on disability. It is the amount they get each week. It is subject to the terms of the insurance policy or plan document for the group short-term disability plan. Fully insured companies use the policy. Self-insured companies use the plan document.
Industry:Health care