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Aetna, Inc.
Industry: 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 ...
This is a word to describe a tumor. It means the tumor is cancerous. It is cancer. It can grow and spread in the body. (See also metastatic or metastasize.)
Industry:Health care
This is a type of health plan. It signs an agreement with doctors and hospitals to form a network. Members may get a higher level of benefits if they use doctors or hospitals in this network. Costs are often higher when people go out of the network for care. The plan may also require preapproval of some services.
Industry:Health care
This is a health insurance company. (See also managed care.)
Industry:Health care
These are the benefits that health care plans must provide. State or federal law require them.
Industry:Health care
This is an amount of money that is paid to people through a disability plan or life insurance policy. It is the most that they can receive in one period. That could mean every week, every month, or once a year. The plan spells out how often this amount is paid.
Industry:Health care
Some employers offer disability plans. These plans help people who cannot work because of illness or injury. The plan pays a part of their income for a time. This is the amount of time employees can receive a benefit amount through their disability plan. It is the longest period of time that they can collect this money.
Industry:Health care
This is a type of limit that some health plans have. It is the most the plan will pay for prescription drugs for a period of time. If a member’s drug costs reach that limit within the time period, the plan will not cover the drug costs for the rest of that time.
Industry:Health care
This is a disease, illness or health problem for which you seek treatment.
Industry:Health care
See “Emergency.”
Industry:Health care
See “Evidence of Insurability.”
Industry:Health care