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Amerigroup is an American health insurance and managed health care provider. Amerigroup covers 7.7 million seniors, people with disabilities, low-income families and other state and federally sponsored beneficiaries, and federal employees in 26 states, making it the nation's largest provider of health care for public programs. [1]
In 2002, WellPoint acquired RightChoice Managed Care, a Missouri-based company that ran Blue Cross and Blue Shield for part of the state, for $1.5 billion. [36] [37] RightChoice also owned provider network company HealthLink. [38] WellPoint also acquired MethodistCare of Houston, Texas [39] and HealthLink.
[1] [2] These sites are often created as part of open government initiatives. Some open data sites like CKAN and DKAN are open source data portal solutions where as others like Socrata are proprietary data portal solutions. The data sites provide interfaces based on Data and Metadata standards like Dublin core.
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A survey issued in 2009 by America's Health Insurance Plans found that patients going to out-of-network providers are sometimes charged extremely high fees. [117] [118] Network-based plans may be either closed or open. With a closed network, enrollees' expenses are generally only covered when they go to network providers.
Certification inspections, conducted primarily by state agencies, are intended to ensure that hospices meet health and safety requirements required as a condition of Medicare participation. Accreditation inspections — also meant to ensure health and safety standards are met — are conducted by private organizations paid for by hospice providers.
Medicaid is funded by the federal and state governments, which both played a role in unwinding — with states executing the redeterminations and the federal government providing oversight.
Founded in 1948, [26] Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield (ABCBS) [27] is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and the largest healthcare provider in the state. [28] It donated $1.98 million to The Walton College of Business toward founding its Robert L. Shoptaw Master of Healthcare Business Analytics Program. [ 29 ]