- Industry: Health care
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The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) is a federation of 39 separate health insurance organizations and companies in the United States. Combined, they directly or indirectly provide health insurance to over 100 million Americans.
The principles and values that guide the actions of an individual or population when faced with questions of right and wrong.
Industry:Health care
A specific location on the Web that provides users access to a group of related text, graphics, and, in some cases, multimedia and interactive files.
Industry:Health care
The provision of mental health and chemical dependency (or substance abuse) services.
Industry:Health care
In group health insurance, generally a condition for which an individual received medical care during the three months immediately prior to the effective date of coverage.
Industry:Health care
The act of one party giving something of value to another party and receiving something of value in return.
Industry:Health care
A method of planning and implementing quality management programmes that consists of identifying the best practises and best outcomes for a specific process and emulating the best practises to equal or surpass the best outcomes.
Industry:Health care
As defined in state laws, a contract between a healthcare insurer and a healthcare provider or group of providers who agree to provide services to persons covered under the contract. Examples include preferred provider organisations (PPOs) and exclusive provider organisations (EPOs).
Industry:Health care
A healthcare benefit arrangement that is similar to a preferred provider organisation in administration, structure, and operation, but which does not cover out-of-network care.
Industry:Health care
A percentage of a provider's payment that is "held back" during the plan year to offset or pay for any cost overruns for referral or hospital services. Any part of the withhold not used for these purposes is distributed to providers.
Industry:Health care
