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Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
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.
Subsets or manageable groups of customers in a total market.
Industry:Health care
Preventive care programs designed to monitor and promote the administration of vaccines to guard against childhood illnesses, such as chicken pox, mumps, and measles, and adult illnesses, such as pneumonia and influenza.
Industry:Health care
A technology that unites a computer system with a telephone system so that the two technologies function seamlessly.
Industry:Health care
A health plan under which an employer or other group sponsor, rather than an MCO or insurance company, is financially responsible for paying plan expenses, including claims made by group plan members. Also known as a self-insured plan.
Industry:Health care
The financial statement that summarizes an MCO's revenue and expense activity during a specified period.
Industry:Health care
See electronic medical record.
Industry:Health care
See self-funded plan.
Industry:Health care
The method of making a document a part of a contract by referring to it in the body of the contract.
Industry:Health care
A type of utilization review that occurs while treatment is in progress and typically applies to services that continue over a period of time.
Industry:Health care
A market segment that is comprised largely of persons over age 65 who are eligible for Medicare benefits.
Industry:Health care