- Industry: Health care
- Number of terms: 3360
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- Company Profile:
CIGNA Corporation, headquartered in Philadelphia, provides health care and related benefits in the United States and internationally.
A facility offering a "non-traditional" ("not like a hospital") setting for giving birth. While alternative birthing centers can range from free-standing centers to special areas within hospitals, birthing centers are generally known for a more comfortable, home-like atmosphere, allow more participation by the father and have more procedural flexibility than commonly found in hospital births.
Industry:Health care
A licensed health care facility, program, agency, physician or health professional that delivers health care services.
Industry:Health care
A surgical procedure used to recontour the supporting bone structures in preparation of a complete or partial denture.
Industry:Health care
Provider directories are listings of providers who have contracted with a managed care network to provide care to its participants. Participants may refer to the directory to select in-network providers. You can search the CIGNA HealthCare Provider Directory.
Industry:Health care
A dental filling material, composed of mercury and other minerals, used to fill decayed teeth.
Industry:Health care
A panel of providers contracted by a health plan to deliver medical services to the enrollees.
Industry:Health care
A general term for care that doesn't involve admission to an inpatient hospital bed. Visits to a doctor's office are a type of ambulatory care.
Industry:Health care
The hollow chamber inside the crown of the tooth that contains its nerves and blood vessels.
Industry:Health care
Surgical procedures performed that do not require an overnight hospital stay. Procedures can be performed in a hospital or a licensed surgical center. Also called Outpatient Surgery.
Industry:Health care
