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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 ...
This is when the entire base of a denture is replaced without changing the teeth.
Industry:Health care
This is equipment a person needs that is: made for and mainly used to treat a disease or injury; reusable and made for long-term use; appropriate for home use; not for use in altering air quality or temperature; not for general exercise or training. Examples are a wheelchair or hospital bed used in the home.
Industry:Health care
This is a person who works a normal workweek for an employer. Employees must work at least the number of hours shown in a plan's Schedule of Insurance.
Industry:Health care
This means a person gets disability benefits more than once for the same reason. There is a period in between when they are back at work. There is a limit to how long this time period can be.
Industry:Health care
These are devices that doctors order for use in the home. They must be reusable. Some examples are walkers, wheelchairs or hospital beds. They are covered under Medicare Part A and Part B for home health services.
Industry:Health care
A long-term disability plan provides a source of income if you cannot work because of illness or injury. This helps you maintain a percentage of what you earned before you became disabled. Adjustments are made over time to help protect against inflation. Example: A disability plan pays 60% of your salary. You earned $50K before you become disabled at age 40. With no adjustment to your income, inflation would greatly reduce your buying power by the time you reached age 60.
Industry:Health care
This is a form your doctor gives you so you can get care from a specialist or health care facility. It may be written or sent by computer.
Industry:Health care
This is the base pay for calculating disability benefits. The benefits could be short- or long-term. The pay does not include bonuses, overtime or other extra pay. Some types of pay, like commissions, may be offered. It depends on the policy.
Industry:Health care
This legal document tells your doctor what kind of care you want or do not want. It will be used if you are too sick to make medical decisions on your own. It is sometimes also called a “living will.”
Industry:Health care
This is done to help disabled people live better. It can help them do their job. It can also help them in community and daily life activities. It can be building a wood ramp for a wheelchair. It can be using a computer that responds to a voice. These are just two examples.
Industry:Health care
