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Third-party administrator. In the United States, a third-party administrator ( TPA) is an organization that processes insurance claims or certain aspects of employee benefit plans for a separate entity. [1] It is also a term used to define organizations within the insurance industry which administer other services such as underwriting and ...
Assurant, Inc. is a global provider of risk management products and services [3] with headquarters in Atlanta. [2] Its businesses provide a diverse set of specialty, niche-market insurance products in the property, casualty, extended device protection, and preneed insurance sectors. The company's main operating segments are Global Housing and ...
Clients benefit from remote work, reduced office space, management salary, and employee benefits as these individuals are independent contractors. Ending a government outsourcing arrangement poses difficulties. Variations. There are many outsourcing models, with variations by country, year and industry.
In insurance, an accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) policy provides financial benefits to the insured or their beneficiaries in the event of accidental death, serious injury, or dismemberment resulting from an accident . Unlike traditional life insurance, which only pays out in the event of death, AD&D insurance provides additional ...
In the United States, essential health benefits ( EHBs) are a set of ten benefits, defined under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010, that must be covered by individually-purchased health insurance and plans in small-group markets both inside and outside of health insurance marketplaces. Large-group health plans, self-insured ERISA plans, and ...
Health economics is a branch of economics concerned with issues related to efficiency, effectiveness, value and behavior in the production and consumption of health and healthcare. Health economics is important in determining how to improve health outcomes and lifestyle patterns through interactions between individuals, healthcare providers and ...
Workers' compensation or workers' comp is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue his or her employer for the tort of negligence. The trade-off between assured, limited coverage and lack of ...
Pharmacy benefit management. In the United States, a pharmacy benefit manager ( PBM) is a third-party administrator of prescription drug programs for commercial health plans, self-insured employer plans, Medicare Part D plans, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and state government employee plans.