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The plan sponsor (also known as the “employer” or “group”) is the entity that sponsors, crafts, offers, maintains, and funds the plan. While the duties of a plan administrator may be delegated to an entity other than the employer, the law invariably requires that the employer be considered the plan sponsor. [7]
A Health Reimbursement Arrangement, also known as a Health Reimbursement Account (HRA), [1] is a type of US employer-funded health benefit plan that reimburses employees for out-of-pocket medical expenses and, in limited cases, to pay for health insurance plan premiums. [2]
Information Handling Services (IHS) [4] "was founded in 1959 as Information Handling Services to provide information for aerospace engineers through microfilm databases". [ 5 ] It subsequently grew to incorporate other companies in the information services sector such as Cambridge Energy Research Associates , Global Insight , Jane's Information ...
A business plan is a formal written document containing the goals of a business, ... Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or ...
Medical devices are expensive because the process of designing and approving them is extensive and costly, requiring that they be sold at higher than market price. The costs include research, design and development, meeting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's regulatory guidelines, manufacture, marketing, distribution, and business plan. [280]
Fee-for-service (FFS) is a payment model where services are unbundled and paid for separately. [1]In health care, it gives an incentive for physicians to provide more treatments because payment is dependent on the quantity of care, rather than quality of care.
The government contributes 72% of the weighted average premium of all plans, not to exceed 75% of the premium for any one plan (calculated separately for individual and family coverage). [1] The FEHB program allows some insurance companies, employee associations, and labor unions to market health insurance plans to governmental employees.
The history of integrated business planning can be traced back to sales and operations planning (S&OP), a process that balances demand and manufacturing resources. According to Gartner , there is a 5-stage maturity model for S&OP, and in this model, integrated business planning is denoted as Phased 4 & 5.