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integrated delivery system (IDS)

Arrangement of several health care organizations rendering a network of medical services (facilities, physicians, ancillary service providers) to a specific population or geographical area. An advanced IDS form combines an insurance or third-party administrator so that there is no division between provider and payer. Also known as integrated delivery network, integrated medical system (IMS), integrated healthcare system (IHS), integrated healthcare organization (IHO), integrated service network (ISN), integrated health delivery network , or organized care system .

integrated health care network (IHN)

Health care financing and delivery organizations established to give a continuum of care so that patients get the right care at the right time by the right provider. This continuum of care from primary care provider to specialist and ancillary provider under one corporate umbrella guarantees that patients get cared for appropriately, thus saving money and increasing the quality of care.

Integrated Lloyd’s Vehicle (ILV)

Holding company owning/controlling both a managing agent and also a corporate member as a supplier of capacity to the managing agent’s syndicate(s). Lloyd’s regulations prevent the two companies combining into one. An ILV providing 100 per cent of the capacity is virtually an insurance company operating at Lloyd’s. ILVS can acquire capacity by way of (a) capacity auctions; (b) acquisition of a fellow corporate member; (c) direct offers to other members. Much of the new capital has come from insurance and reinsurance companies, and institutional and other investors, based principally in Bermuda, the US and the UK. ILVS are relatively low-cost insurance operations. The Chairman’s Strategy Group recommended that all managing agents and syndicates should become ILVs.
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A company which owns a corporate member of a syndicate and the managing agent of that syndicate.