HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION - HMO
An organization that provides health coverage with providers under contract. A Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) differs from traditional health insurance by the contracts it has with its providers. These contracts allow for premiums to be lower, because the health providers has the advantage of having patients directed to them; but these contracts also add additional restrictions to the HMO's members.
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ROA measures the profit a company generates as percentage of its total assets’ value.
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Actuarial Cost Method
A method employed by actuaries for the calculation of the periodic amount that a company has to pay for the coverage of the pension expenses. The t ...
Absolute Priority
It is a rule that says the order of payment when a company liquidates its asset—creditors first before the shareholders. This rule is commonl ...
Gadfly
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