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The prior authorization, or pre-certification process, requires healthcare providers to get coverage approval for certain non-emergency procedures. Cigna removes pre-authorization requirement for ...
The Cigna Group is an American multinational managed healthcare and insurance company based in Bloomfield, Connecticut. [2] [3] Its insurance subsidiaries are major providers of medical, dental, disability, life and accident insurance and related products and services, the majority of which are offered through employers and other groups (e.g., governmental and non-governmental organizations ...
Insurance Company of North America (INA) is the oldest stock insurance company in the United States, [2] founded in Philadelphia in 1792. It was one of the largest American insurance companies of the 19th and 20th centuries before merging with Connecticut General Life to form CIGNA in 1982, and was acquired by global insurer ACE Limited (currently Chubb Limited) [3] in 1999.
Prior authorization is a check run by some insurance companies or third-party payers in the United States before they will agree to cover certain prescribed medications or medical procedures. [ 1] There are a number of reasons that insurance providers require prior authorization, including age, medical necessity, the availability of a generic ...
Cigna Earns NCQA Certification for Physician and Hospital Quality Measurement Programs BLOOMFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The strength ofCigna's (NYS: CI) physician and hospital performance ...
The term managed care or managed healthcare is used in the United States to describe a group of activities intended to reduce the cost of providing health care and providing American health insurance while improving the quality of that care ("managed care techniques"). It has become the predominant system of delivering and receiving American ...
t. e. In the United States, a health maintenance organization ( HMO) is a medical insurance group that provides health services for a fixed annual fee. [ 1] It is an organization that provides or arranges managed care for health insurance, self-funded health care benefit plans, individuals, and other entities, acting as a liaison with health ...
t. e. In the United States, health insurance helps pay for medical expenses through privately purchased insurance, social insurance, or a social welfare program funded by the government. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Synonyms for this usage include "health coverage", "health care coverage", and "health benefits". In a more technical sense, the term "health ...