Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 care providers (hospitals, doctors, etc.) on a prepaid basis. The US Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 required employers with 25 or more employees ...
Kuhn Memorial State Hospital. Vicksburg. Warren. 84. 1847. 1989. Founded in 1847 as the Vicksburg City Hospital. Came under control of the University of Mississippi in 1908 and name changed to Mississippi State Charity Hospital. Renamed Kuhn Memorial in 1954.
During this time, individual hospitals began offering their own insurance programs, the first of which became Blue Cross. [15] Groups of hospitals as well as physician groups (i.e. Blue Shield) soon began selling group health insurance policies to employers, who then offered them to their employees and collected premiums.
UnitedHealth Group, the largest Medicare Advantage provider with 7.6 million people in its plans, generated $257 billion in premium revenues in 2022, some 13% over the previous year.
Starkville is the largest city in the Golden Triangle, which had a population of 175,474 in 2020, and the principal city of the Starkville-Columbus, MS CSA. Founded in 1831, the city was originally known as Boardtown for the local sawmilling operation there, but was renamed in 1837 to honor American Revolutionary War general John Stark.
Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Medicare amendment (July 30, 1965). Former President Harry S. Truman (seated) and his wife, Bess, are on the far right.. Originally, the name "Medicare" in the United States referred to a program providing medical care for families of people serving in the military as part of the Dependents' Medical Care Act, which was passed in 1956. [5]
Last Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, 5:40 am EST. The Huffington Post has updated Hospice Check to reflect current inspection data. Since we first published this map in June, the number of hospices that haven’t been inspected in more than six years fell below 400, from 759. The average time since last inspection also fell, from 3 ½ years to ...
Between 1940 and 1960, the total number of people enrolled in health insurance plans grew seven-fold, from 20,662,000 to 142,334,000, [35] and by 1958, 75% of Americans had some form of health coverage. [36] By 1976 85.9% of the employed population 17–64 years of age had hospital insurance while 84.2% had surgical insurance. [37]