American Specialty Health Unveils Enhanced Corporate Web Site, ASHCompanies.com.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of Specialty Health (ASH), the nation's leading specialty benefits company for complementary health care, unveiled an enhanced corporate Web site, ASHCompanies.com, on Oct. 29. ASHCompanies.com combines the functions of its previous Web sites, ASHPlans.com, ASHProviders.com, and ASHNetworks.com. All of the functions and more are available on the new ASHCompanies.com Web site. The Web site offers ASH members, providers, health plans, brokers, consultants, and employer groups employer group Association of employers Managed care An entity with a current group benefits agreement in effect with a health plan to provide covered health care services to its employee-subscribers and eligible dependents. access to information and tools that will help them in interfacing with the company. Central to the Web site is updated and detailed information about ASH, its history and mission, and management team. Visitors may also browse (1) To view the contents of a file or a group of files. Browser programs generally let you view data by scrolling through the documents or databases. In a database program, the browse mode often lets you edit the data. See Web browser. various press releases, descriptions of ASH programs, or a list of current job openings at ASH. Also available to ASHCompanies.com visitors is a provider search, which enables visitors to select a complementary health care provider anywhere in the country, with a handy map and driving directions provided. Currently, ASH's network of chiropractors, acupuncturists, massage massage (məsäzh`), treatment of superficial parts of the body by systematic rubbing, stroking, kneading, or slapping. Massages can be administered manually or with mechanical devices. therapists, naturopaths, dietitians, and fitness clubs includes 28,000 providers in all 50 states. Providers can access ASH's password-protected provider extranet, ASHLink, for information and to submit claims and other electronic transactions. Insurance brokers and employee benefit consultants can access ASHBenefits.com directly through the ASHCompanies.com Web site, as well. On ASHBenefits.com, brokers and consultants can obtain proposals for their employer groups on ASH products, including American Specialty Health Insurance Company, American Specialty Health Plans of California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). , and Healthyroads. "ASH continues to provide its members, providers, brokers, consultants, health plans, and employer groups with industry-leading online tools," said George George, river, c.345 mi (560 km) long, rising in a lake on the Quebec-Labrador boundary, E Canada. It flows N through Indian Lake (125 sq mi/324 sq km) to Ungava Bay (an arm of Hudson Strait). DeVries, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of ASH. "The new ASHCompanies.com Web site is easy to use and has useful information and tools for those who would like to know more about ASH or expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. their communications with us." ASH is the nation's leading specialty benefits organization for complementary health care, providing health benefits, health education, and affinity network programs to employer groups, trust funds, health plans, and insurance carriers nationwide. Based in San Diego, ASH has over 500 employees and more than 9 million members in benefit programs nationwide. For more information about ASH, please visit ASHCompanies.com. |
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