HistoryAetna‚ Inc. is an American health insurance company‚ which is the direct descendant of Aetna (Fire) Insurance Company‚ of Hartford‚ Connecticut. In 1850 Aetna began operation of an Annuity Fund and the company would soon to be known as Aetna Life Insurance Company. In 1899 Aetna became one of the first publicly held insurance companies to enter the health insurance field. Since then Aetna has become committed to providing access to cost-effective health care of the highest possible standard
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2. The twin problems of the health care industry as viewed by society are cost and access. First of all‚ the cost of getting health care is very high and it is getting higher each day. This has been mostly caused by the combination of high cost and an increase in quantity of services provided to the communities. The other problem involves access to health care. American enjoy limited or no access to health care. Many efforts have been done to reform this‚ but still but still many people are left
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coverage requires the subscriber to seek treatment from specific providers. Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False Response Feedback: The correct answer is BCBS indemnity coverage allows flexibility with freedom to use any licensed healthcare provider. • Question 5 4 out of 4 points Claims that have not been paid should be rebilled within six months. Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False Response Feedback: The correct answer is claims that have not
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Roll no.: 69-74 SCHOOL HEALTH CLINIC Boundary Road‚ Mymensingh Date of visit: 27/03/2011 Briefed by: Dr. Sahin Sultana‚ Medical Officer. PREFACE The school health program encompasses comprehensive health care (promotive‚ preventive‚ curative and rehabilitative) to school students in order to prepare them physically‚ mentally socially for entry into adulthood as a step towards achieving the goal of ‘Health for All’. The school health program dates back to 1951
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Claims Management in General Insurance - Issues & Concerns - R.Qaiser‚ Faculty Member‚ NIA‚ Pune Underwriting and claims settlement are the two most important aspect of the functioning of an insurance company. Out of any insurance contract‚ the customer has the following expectations: i. ii. iii. Adequate insurance coverage‚ which does not leave him high and dry in time of need‚ with right pricing. Timely delivery of defect free policy documents with relevant endorsements / warranties
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ASSESSMENT ON HOW STRENGTHENING THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CONTRIBUTES TO ECONOMIC GROWTH February 15‚ 2006 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by Chemonics International Inc. and the International Insurance Foundation. ASSESSMENT ON HOW STRENGTHENING THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CONTRIBUTES TO ECONOMIC GROWTH Final Report Financial Sector Blanket Purchase Agreement Contract
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Universal Healthcare Insurance versus Single Payer Healthcare Insurance System The number of diseases imaging every day are so many that for personal income to cover for the expenses is a little challenging. Health cares both in the private and in public sector faces the challenges of the medical care facilitators including drugs and the medical equipment for example the diseases scanning machines and other medical equipment. The patients on the other hand without the cash at hand‚ accessing these
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happened at the Jewish General Hospital’s Women’s Health Clinic. Mrs. Z is a 34 year old female from a Filipino ethnic background. She works as a housekeeper. Mrs. Z is pregnant with her 2nd child and her estimated date of confinement is November 21st 2015. The fetus is active at home. She currently has gestational diabetes (GD) which is being treated for by diet control and insulin‚ both Humulin R and Humulin N. Otherwise‚ no thyroid or blood pressure health issues have been reported. Her past medical
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NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME WHAT IS THE MAJOR GOVERNMENT POLICY ON HEALTH FINANCING IN GHANA? The Government is to replace the existing ‘Cash and Carry’ health financing system with a National Health Insurance Scheme. WHY? Because the current ‘Cash and Carry’ System‚ which makes it compulsory for everybody to pay money immediately before and after treatment in our hospitals/clinics etc.‚ is not within the means of most Ghanaians and many are not going to our hospitals and clinics resulting
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BACKGROUND. National Health Insurance is a noble and noteworthy programme or exercise that was formulated by the government in order to address the pressing problems that have dogged the Health Care industry for decades on end. South Africa was poised at the threshold of implementing important and much obligatory alterations to its health structure; an alteration hinging on the ideology of communal commonality‚ even-handedness and equality. A National Health Insurance (NHI) was the medium that
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