A conservative strategy used to limit financial loss by effecting a transaction that offsets the underlying position. A hedge correlates with the risk so a profit made on a futures or option contract mitigates the loss on an investment or activity. See WEATHER DERIVATIVES.
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Hedging
A kind of Insurance by which risk of a trader is shifted on another trader, similar to speculation and may be used to handle risks not subject to insurance, such as price-change risks.
HEDIS measures from encounter data
Measures from encounter data as opposed to having the plans generate Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures. HEDIS is a collection of performance measures and their definitions produced by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Also see Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) .