Sentences with phrase «combination of a group health plan»

A combination of a group health plan and a top - up plan is not a wise choice and there are substantial reasons to justify the answer.

Not exact matches

Further trials are planned to document the efficacy and safety of the combination in patients infected with the other HCV genotypes and in particularly vulnerable groups, to enable a public health approach to the treatment of hepatitis C.

The commenter stated that the clarifying language is needed given the «catchall» category of entities defined as «any other individual plan or group health plan, or combination thereof, that Start Printed Page 82578provides or pays for the cost of medical care,» and asserted that absent clarification there could be serious confusion as to whether property and casualty benefit providers are «health plans» under the rule.

We proposed that this definition include, but not be limited to the 15 types of plans (e.g., group health plan, health insurance issuer, health maintenance organization) listed in the statute, as well as any combination of them.

Comment: Some commenters expressed support for retaining the category in paragraph (16) of the proposal's definition: «Any other individual or group health plan, or combination thereof, that provides or pays for the cost of medical care.»

Response: As described in the proposed rule, this category implements the language at the beginning of the statutory definition of the term «health plan»: «The term «health plan» means an individual or group plan that provides, or pays the cost of, medical care * * * Such term includes the following, and any combination thereof * * *» This statutory language is general, not specific, and as such, we are leaving it general in the final rule.

EmblemHealth was formed through the combination of two other local insurers, Group Health Incorporated (GHI) and Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP).