A.M. Best Launches New Health Industry Research Tool in Online Format.Business Editors OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2003 A.M. Best Co. announces the launch of Best's Online Services - Health, the latest addition to Best's Web-based subscription services. Accessible through Best's Health Center, at www.ambest.com/health, Best's Online Services - Health is a rich database of information on the performance of hundreds of individual health companies and the managed care industry as a whole. Information in the database is presented in three different report formats. The Company Profile Report offers a quick snapshot (1) A saved copy of memory including the contents of all memory bytes, hardware registers and status indicators. It is periodically taken in order to restore the system in the event of failure. (2) A saved copy of a file before it is updated. of company operations for more than 650 HMOs. The HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, Statistical Report provides five years' worth of HMO financial data. A complete Best's Company Report, including Best's Ratings Best's rating A rating A.M. Best Co. assigns to insurance companies based on the company's ability to meet its obligations to its policyholders. and A.M. Best's full quantitative and qualitative analysis Qualitative Analysis Securities analysis that uses subjective judgment based on nonquantifiable information, such as management expertise, industry cycles, strength of research and development, and labor relations. , is provided for all 1,050 health companies in the database. In addition to these company-specific reports, the database contains more than 130 HMO industry totals, organized and presented categorically by industry, region, state, size, designation and Medicare/Medicaid classification. This information is useful to insurers, benefits consultants, employee benefits managers and others who need to analyze the financial characteristics of health companies. Each report provides A.M. Best's authoritative opinion on a health company's financial strength, and the industry totals offer a tool for benchmarking individual organizations' performance against industry norms. Subscribers have access to the service for one year from the date of purchase. During that time, all reports can be viewed, printed or exported into Microsoft Excel (tool) Microsoft Excel - A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world. Latest version: Excel 97, as of 1997-01-14. , Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. or Adobe adobe (ədō`bē): see rammed earth. adobe Handmade sun-dried bricks formed from a mixture of heavy clay and straw found in arid regions. Acrobat Document exchange software from Adobe that allows documents to be displayed and printed the same on every computer. The Acrobat system created the Portable Document Format (PDF), which is widely used in commercial printing and on the Web. See PDF. . Purchase of a Basic Service subscription to Best's Online Services - Health includes access to BestDirect, A.M. Best's e-mail notification service. Subscribers can choose to receive real-time e-mail notification of news, rating or company report updates for any or all of the health companies listed. A Full Service subscription provides, in addition to BestDirect, a subscription to the online edition of BestWeek. This subscription offers full access to A.M. Best's NewsRoom archive of BestWire, BestWeek and Best's Review articles, plus Special Reports, Statistical Studies and Best's Rating Monitor. Contact Customer Service at (908) 439-2200, ext. 5742, for pricing information, or visit www.ambest.com/sales/Health. For multi-seat pricing options, call Sales Support at (908) 439-2200, ext. 5311. A.M. Best Co., established in 1899, is the world's oldest and most authoritative insurance rating and information source. For more information, visit A.M. Best's Web site at www.ambest.com. |
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