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Aetna, Inc.
Industry: Insurance
Number of terms: 2862
Number of blossaries: 0
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 ...
This means two people who live together but are not married. They are responsible for each other’s well-being and finances. They may or may not be a same-sex couple.
Industry:Health care
These programs try and help people stay healthy. They may include ways to prevent disease, stay fit and care for one’s own health. They show people how to take up healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Industry:Health care
Dentists often use this word to describe the area of the mouth they are working on. The mouth has four equal sections, or quadrants. They are the upper right, upper left, lower right and lower left. Picture a straight line between the center of the teeth to the back of the mouth. That is the division point. For example, a lower left molar would be in the lower left quadrant.
Industry:Health care
See “Coverage gap.”
Industry:Health care
This can help workers improve their skills and attitude on the job. Workers may get formal counseling. Or they are supervised while doing job tasks in a rehabilitation center. This is often used with workers who have not worked for a long time. It is also used with people who have learning or psychiatric problems.
Industry:Health care
These are costs paid for health care that people can deduct from their taxes. To do so, the expense must not also be paid through insurance. For a complete list, see Section 213(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Industry:Health care
This is a natural or man-made substance used to treat an illness.
Industry:Health care
Workers enter this program after physical therapy but before they return to work. They stay in it for two or four weeks. It helps improve physical abilities by using actual work tasks. Workers can start this program only if they are motivated and ready to return to work. A job must also be available for them. The job must be open so they do not lose the skills and abilities gained during this program.
Industry:Health care
This is an event that lets a member change his or her health benefits. Examples include death, job loss, divorce and marriage.
Industry:Health care
See “Formulary.”
Industry:Health care