The Bank for International Settlements (BIS)serves as a bank for central banks that coordinates monetary and financial stability policies. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)develops and issues banking regulations and supervisory standards including the well-known Basel Accords, Basel II an...
which are cryogenically frozen, 2) are offered in a wider variety of sizes than competing products, 3) have a long, five-year shelf life, 4) reimburse well from private insurance and Medicare/Medicaid, and 5) perhaps most importantly, they are highly effective in healing...
Banks, with complex operational businesses dealing with money, constantly face a wide range of operational risks “from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems or from external events” (BCBS, 2006). Operational risk is one of the three main risks requiring a bank’s dedicated...
Six years ago our private insurance BCBS dropped us at the time Obama was saying “if you like your insurance you can keep it”. We had to go with Obamacare and since then have paid $800 per month for two of us. We are both self employed so our income varies. We just got a call...
Life is getting better around here. Clay and I took a day trip to Rockport to on Tuesday to check out RV Parks. The first one was a “never” and the 2nd was a jewel – The Blue Lagoon. We booked a spot that is across the street from the Aransas Bay with a private pier across...
Anthem non-BCBS plans are approximately 2% of total enrollment. Pie-chart: Medicare Advantage enrollment by firm or affiliate as of 2022: UnitedHealthcare (7.9 million, 28%), Humana (5 million, 18%), BCBS (4.1 million, 14%), CVS Health (3.1 million, 11%), Kaiser Pe...
Administrative dollars per patient are slightly larger in dollars per person (an average of around 20%, but with large year-to-year fluctuations - nevertheless, private insurance is uniformly cheaper) for Medicare than for private insurance. But costs for direct patien...
For example, under the Health Insurance Portability and Availability Act (HIPAA), a hospital must label electronic private health information (ePHI) to protect it from unauthorized access. Context-Based Classification Context-based classification focuses on how the information is being used and who use...
I thought this was particularly interesting because BCBS is an American only health insurance. Perhaps they have this deal because LASIK MD has some New York branches. I found out that there used to be a Windsor LASIK MD branch, but it was shut down and no longer operational. The reason ...
have HSA that charges more than what it would cost without insurance, this place is for you. Around $250 for a 3D mamo without insurance. (For the record, if I used my BCBS HSA, it would have cost me $470). Their affordability is due to the fact that this place cares about people...