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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 ...
See “Necessary.”
Industry:Health care
This applies to a health care provider. The provider does not participate in Medicare. There is a limit on how much the provider can charge for a service covered by Medicare. The limit is 15% more than the amount Medicare allows for the service.
Industry:Health care
This is a law. It: strengthened the current Medicare program; added coverage for preventive care; created the Medicare Part D prescription drug plan; gave extra help to people with low incomes.
Industry:Health care
This is a drug a person takes. It can be a prescription drug or an over-the-counter drug.
Industry:Health care
A member is someone who belongs to a health plan. Sometimes, a member is known as an “enrollee.”
Industry:Health care
This is a department in a health plan company. It helps people understand how their health plan works. It can: answer questions on the phone; mail out plan documents; replace member ID cards. People usually find the phone number for Member Services on their ID card.
Industry:Health care
This is a thin, flexible layer of tissue. It covers or connects a part or area of the body.
Industry:Health care
Women in this stage of life no longer get their period.
Industry:Health care
This means a woman’s period.
Industry:Health care
This is a problem with brain function. It affects the way people see themselves and the world they live in. It may also affect how they act. Examples include depression, post-traumatic stress and schizophrenia. These types of conditions are not always easy to recognize. They don’t show up on blood tests or X-rays.
Industry:Health care