- Sektör: Health care
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CIGNA Corporation, headquartered in Philadelphia, provides health care and related benefits in the United States and internationally.
The last of the three molar teeth, also called wisdom teeth. There are four third molars, two in the lower jaw and two in the upper jaw, one on each side. Some people are born without third molars.
Industry:Health care
Some policies require that employees be totally disabled before payments begin. Other policies pay out for partial disability for a limited time, but most often only if the partial disability follows a period of total disability for the same cause.
Industry:Health care
A claim is a request for payment under the terms of a health benefits plan.
Industry:Health care
When an employer changes insurance carriers, transition plans enable participants already in treatment to transition to an in-network health provider. It gives the patient and their current provider a specific number of days to contact CIGNA HealthCare in order to discuss the patient's treatment plan and obtain authorization to continue treatment at the in-network benefit level for a specified period of time, or to transition to a contracted professional.
Industry:Health care
The forceful holding together of the upper and lower teeth, which places stress on the ligaments that hold the teeth to the jawbone and the lower jaw to the skull.
Industry:Health care
A list of the work the dentist proposes to perform on a dental patient based on the results of the dentist's X rays, examination, and diagnosis. Often more than one treatment plan is presented.
Industry:Health care
