Division or section within each state government that oversees, administers, and enforces state insurance laws and regulations. It is a valuable source of information about all types of insurance and handles consumer inquiries and complaints. It licenses insurance companies and agents.

Numerical code used to indicate business sections in an employer company. Usually this is used when billing is produced through each business section.

Department of the government that manages the TRICARE program.

Cabinet-level federal agency that manages certain divisions of the federal government responsible for health and human services (welfare) and administers federal regulations. HHS oversees the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Public Health Service, and other related departments. It plays an active role in investigating health insurance fraud and abuse. Formerly called Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) .

Medi-Cal is administered by this state department, which is a department of the California State Human Relations Agency.

In workers’ compensation, a state body that administers the workers’ compensation system and provides prompt and fair compensation to victims of occupational injuries and illness and sees that medical treatment to injured workers is provided in a timely manner while balancing the needs of employers to contain workers’ compensation insurance costs. DIA also provides dispute resolution of workers’ compensation cases through due process and adjudication. In some states, this is called Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) .

Government body that investigates and prosecutes health insurance fraud and abuse.