- Industry: Health care
- Number of terms: 3360
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
CIGNA Corporation, headquartered in Philadelphia, provides health care and related benefits in the United States and internationally.
A drug that has been approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration which can only be dispensed according to physician's prescription order.
Industry:Health care
An account in which contributions are subtracted from an employee's pay before withholding income tax and Social Security. This ultimately reduces the account-holder's tax liability, since taxes are based on income minus the account contribution.
Industry:Health care
Medical and dental services aimed at early detection and intervention.
Industry:Health care
Education and treatment devoted to and concerned with preventing the development of dental disease.
Industry:Health care
Any action taken by the patient, assisted by the dentist, hygienist, and the office staff that serves to prevent dental or other disease. Sealants, cleanings and space maintainers are examples of preventive treatment.
Industry:Health care
A localized inflammation due to a collection of pus in the bone or soft tissue, usually caused by an infection.
Industry:Health care
The basic, comprehensive, routine level of health care typically provided by a person's general or family practitioner, internist or pediatrician.
Industry:Health care
A tooth or implant used to support a prosthesis. A crown unit used as part of a fixed bridge.
Industry:Health care
A physician, usually a family or general practitioner, internist or pediatrician, who provides a broad range of routine medical services and refers patients to specialists, hospitals and other providers as necessary. Under some benefits plans, a referral by the primary care physician is required to obtain services from other providers. Each covered family member chooses his or her own PCP from the network's physicians.
Industry:Health care
