Provides benefits for a groups of individuals, usually employees of the covered Company, to compensate for losses such as time lost because of accident, or sickness, hospitalization, medical or surgical expenses.
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Group disability insurance (Health Insurance)
Group policy providing coverage for reduced income due to disability or illness.
Group enrollment agreement
Contract between a health insurance plan and a group sponsor who acts as the intermediary for an insured group.
Group enrollment period
See: open enrollment period .
Group Health
Insurance : Health Insurance provided for members of a group. It is most often issued to a group of employees but may be issued to any group provided it is not formed for the purpose of buying insurance. The cost is lower than for individual policies because administrative expenses per person are decreased, there are certain tax advantages and measures taken against adverse selection are effective. Certain benefits are tailor made and provided in Group Health Insurance Policies only.
Group Health Association of America (GHAA)
See: American Association of Health Plans (AAHP) .
Group health coverage
See: Group Health Plan.
Group health insurance (Health Insurance)
Group coverage that provides the group members with benefits for hospital stays, medical examinations, treatment, and doctors’ fees. These plans usually contain mandatory deductibles and coinsurance payments.
Group Health Insurance Policies for Health Insurance
Per the Health Regulations 2016, Insurers can offer group health insurance products for a term of one year except credit linked products where the term can be extended up to the loan period which shall not be more than five years. Moreover, these regulations mandate that the minimum size of the group shall be ٧. Group Insurance cannot be offered to groups specifically formed to avail insurance, as per Sec 7(a) of HIR 2016.
Group health plan
1. Any insurance plan by which a number of employees of an employer (and their dependents), or members of a similar homogeneous group, are insured under a single policy (master contract), issued to their employer or the group with individual certificates of insurance given to each insured individual or family. Usually, group insurance has lower monthly premiums compared with individual insurance. Group insurance is usually experience rated. Also called group insurance or blanket insurance . 2. Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), an employee welfare benefit plan (as defined by ERISA) including any insured or self-insured plan that provides medical care including items and services paid for as medical care to employees or dependents either directly or through insurance, reimbursement, or otherwise if (a) the plan has 50 or more participants or (b) is administered by an entity other than the employer that established and maintains the plan. Also called group health coverage .