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While an insured patient typically interacts only with a healthcare provider during a visit, the encounter is part of a three-party system. The first party in this system is the patient. The second is the healthcare provider, a term that encompasses not only physicians but also hospitals, physical therapists, emergency rooms, outpatient ...
The UHC Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that commits to providing quality health supportive services with a variety of resources to enhance the well-being of rural San Joaquin Valley communities. In 1971, UHC originated in the farm working communities where residents expressed the need to have improved access to healthcare.
UnitedHealthcare (UHC) is an insurance and managed care company with four main divisions: UnitedHealthcare Employer and Individual – provides health benefit plans and services for large national employers and individuals. UnitedHealthcare Medicare and Retirement – provides health and well-being services to individuals age 65 and older. [80]
Optum, Inc. is an American healthcare company that provides technology services, pharmacy care services (including a pharmacy benefit manager) and various direct healthcare services.
A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the United States by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The NPI has replaced the Unique Physician Identification Number (UPIN) as the required identifier for Medicare services, and is used by other payers ...
Most provider markets (especially hospitals) are also highly concentrated—roughly 80%, according to criteria established by the FTC and Department of Justice [137] —so insurers usually have little choice about which providers to include in their networks, and consequently little leverage to control the prices they pay. Large insurers ...
Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, (HCSC) is a member-owned health insurance company in the United States. HCSC was formerly known as Hospital Service Corporation and changed its name to Health Care Service Corporation in 1975.
HealthCare.gov is a health insurance exchange website operated by the United States federal government under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), informally referred to as "Obamacare", which currently serves the residents of the U.S. states which have opted not to create their own state exchanges.