Medical Plan Types | Medical Plan Terms | HSA vs HRA | Miscellaneous Medical | Stabilizing Costs |
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What is an HMO?
Health Maintainance Organization
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What is a Co-pay?
A cost-sharing arrangement where participant pays a flat fee for a specified service.
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What is a Health Savings Account (HSA)?
Tax advantaged account that accepts employer or employee contributions.
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What is the Affordable Care Act?
Legislative Act designed to make health care more affordable.
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What is a "Waiting Period"?
Amount of time before an employee is coverage by the company benefits plan?
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What is Behavioral Health plan?
Type of plan that covers mental health and chemical dependency
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What is a Deductible?
Amount paid by the plan participant out-of -pocket for covered expenses before the plan pays any anything.
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What is a Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)?
HRA
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What is an HMO and PPO?
2 Medical Plan types that have "gatekeepers".
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What is Coordination of Benefits?
Cost stabilizing approach to manage dual coverage?
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What is a POS (Point of Service Plan)?
A hybrid of a PPO and an HMO
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What is and Out-of-Pocket limit?
Maximum amount of covered medical expenses the employee and their dependents are responsble for each year?
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What is and HSA?
Account balance is portable when an employee leaves his/her company?
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What are Typical Exclusions?
Cosmetic surgery, nonmedically necessary, experimental procedures and workers compensation expenses.
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What is Co-insurance?
Percentage that will be paid by plan participant and the employer after the deductible is met.
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What is and Indemnity Plan?
Plan that allows maximum amount of choice but is no very prevalant in recent years
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What is Co-insurance?
Percent of coverage paid by the plan participant.
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What is and HRA?
Provides tax-free funding by employers for general health care expenses.
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What is Reasonable & Customary (R&C)
The average fee charged by a particular health care practicioner within a geographic area.
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What is Retiree benefits coverage?
Typically cost 2x the cost of active employee benefits coverage.
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What is a Consumer Driven Health Plan (CDHP)?
Medical plan type that incentivizes employees to manage their health care costs.
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What is In-network?
Option for plan participant to utlize providers who have agreed to pre-negotiated rates.
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What is and HRA?
Account where funds are NOT portable when an employee leaves his/her company?
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What are Welfare benefit plans?
Sick Leave, STD, LTD, Life and AD&D insurance.
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What is the Affordable Care Act?
Federal Act impacting benefit plan design decisions.
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