The Farmington Hills Community Library is hosting a Wellness Series this winter and spring. Come hear the Medical Network One Team of Healthcare Professionals — registered dietitians, exercise specialists, and wellness counselors — talk about various Wellness topics. Learn and discuss this valuable health information. All programs are free and open to anyone. Registration is required at ...

Self-employed and family medical insurance is a preferred type of insurance coverage made available to all entrepreneurs and their families. This is for the medical insurance corporations to direct sell to the individual forming a bound contract between the person and the insurance provider. This is the high priced and specialized insurance policy available to the unemployed or self-employed; an individual health insurance policy is always an option, but not an inexpensive one.

The medical health benefits will further be classified into fee-for-service or as what they call, indemnity or traditional insurance and to manage care policies. Both the group insurance plan and the individual insurance plan can be either a fee-for-service or a managed care plan. There are 3 choices of managed care insurance plans.

1.               The Health Maintenance Organizations or HMO

2.               The Preferred Provider Organizations or PPO

3.               The Point-of-Service or POS

The managed care insurance plans typically use medical health provider networks. These networks agree to service for managed care plan patients at pre-negotiated rates and will usually submit the claim(s) to the insurance company. Generally, the self-employed individual have a lower out-of-pocket expenses with the managed care health insurance plan and a broader choice of medical care providers with an indemnity plan.

Each of the three provider insurance plans offer substantial health care coverage benefits to the individual members as stated through some articles published here. Fortunately, if the indiividual have enough to have a choice of the plan , it is best to think about the advantages and disadvantages.

Compare the cost of care, the difference in premiums, deductible amounts and the freedom to choose a medical doctor outside the insurance provider plan. It is important to cosider the variety of other coverage from the prescription drug programs to dental to alternative therapies.

Indemnity or fee-for-service medical insurance plans usually cover the same expenses as managed care does operating with low cost health insurance. The main difference is the medical doctor is asking for pay for each visit with the claim filed by either the individual patient or the medical insurance provider. The fee-for-service allows the individual to personally choose which medical doctors and hospitals they utilized, and this is under the managed care insurance plans.

However, the individual prepares to pay an annual deductible before the medical insurance provider begins to pay on the turned in claims. There are also times when an Indemnity plan will require the individual to pay up front for services rendered before submitting the insurance claims.

Alegent Health is partnering with Creighton University Medical School to provide medical supplies for the healthcare professionals treating victims in the Dominican Republic of Haiti. Creighton is flying medical supplies and personnel to help on the ground through a Jesuit community center in the Dominican Republic with whom they have a longstanding relationship. Many items have been collected ...

Alegent Health is partnering with Creighton University Medical School to provide medical supplies for the healthcare professionals treating victims in the Dominican Republic of Haiti. Creighton is flying medical supplies and personnel to help on the ground through a Jesuit community center in the Dominican Republic with whom they have a longstanding relationship. Many items have been collected ...

31 January 2010 DUBAI - GE Healthcare, the healthcare business subsidiary of General Electric Company, has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Gulf Capital, one of the largest private equity firms in the Gulf, to develop a regional chain of medical diagnostic and healthcare service centers.

Dubai, UAE; January 30, 2010: GE Healthcare, the healthcare business subsidiary of General Electric Company (GE) General Electric Company (GE) , has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Gulf Capital Gulf Capital , one of the largest private equity firms in the Gulf, to develop the largest regional chain of medical diagnostic and healthcare service centers.

Dubai, UAE; January 30, 2010: GE Healthcare, the healthcare business subsidiary of General Electric Company (GE) General Electric Company (GE) , has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Gulf Capital Gulf Capital , one of the largest private equity firms in the Gulf, to develop the largest regional chain of medical diagnostic and healthcare service centers.