- 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.
A measure of the statistical predictability of a group's experience.
Industry:Health care
Authoritative statements of: (1) minimum levels of acceptable performance or results, (2) excellent levels of performance or results, or (3) the range of acceptable performance or results, according to the Institute of Medicine.
Industry:Health care
The group of physicians, hospitals, and other medical care professionals that a managed care plan has contracted with to deliver medical services to its members.
Industry:Health care
A person's ability to obtain affordable medical care on a timely basis.
Industry:Health care
An ethical principle which, when applied to managed care, states that MCOs and their providers have a duty to respect the right of their members to make decisions about the course of their lives.3
Industry:Health care
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 act of one party giving something of value to another party and receiving something of value in return.
Industry:Health care
The actual cost of providing healthcare to a group during a given period of coverage.
Industry:Health care
General medical care that is provided directly to a patient without referral from another physician. It is focused on preventive care and the treatment of routine injuries and illnesses.21
Industry:Health care
