An insurance company's way of offering a menu of claims-handling services to clients. The clients can pick and choose from the menu of services without being required to buy insurance.
Term used to describe the access facilities that incumbent local exchange carriers must provide in order that other service providers may buy or lease portions of its network elements, such as interconnection loops to serve subscribers.
the practice of a provider charging separately for services that normally are covered under one procedure code. rologist — a physician who specializes in treatment of urinary tract and kidney.
The separation of transmission, distribution, generation and ancillary services into separate line items so that each component can be selected and billed separately based on the customer's needs.
the practice by which a client takes media planning/buying away from the brand agencies that handle creative and gives it to a third party devoted exclusively to media planning/buying. Consolidation of the entire media responsibility for a company's products in one firm, separate and apart from the company's advertising agency(s) that handles creative for the products.
The practice of providers billing for a package of health care procedures on an individual basis when a single procedure could be used to describe the combined service.
Separately packaged units that might otherwise be packaged together. For claims processing, this includes providers billing separately for health care services that might be combined according to industry standards or commonly accepted billing practices.
Practice of billing under Medicare Part B for non-physical services that are provided to hospital inpatients and which are furnished to the hospital by an outside supplier or another provider. However, under the prospective pricing system, unbundling is prohibited and all non-physical services provided in an inpatient setting are to be paid as hospital services.
is the separation of the various components of electricity production, shipment, and service in order to introduce greater elements of competition to these segments of the industry.
A practice by which a provider charges separately for services that normally are provided under one procedural code, usually at additional expense to the patient or plan.
Electric service is traditionally provided on a bundled basis, meaning that generation, transmission and distribution services are provided as a single package. By unbundling, the packaged offering of the various services that make up traditional utility service would be separated into discreet, separately priced components.
Separating the various components of a product or service (ie generation, transmission, distribution, metering, billing) in order to reflect the cost of those components on a bill.
To increase the reimbursement paid by a plan or insurance contract, each medical procedure is billed under a separate code as a separate item, instead of part of one overall procedure.
In telephony, requiring local exchange companies to separate the various components of their telephone service into independently available and separately priced features, such as the local loop, switching, operator assistance, and billing.
Separating costs on a pipeline or distribution system and charging customers for each component (commodity, transportation, storage etc).
Diving energy service into parts - such as generation, transmission and distribution.
The breaking down of electric utility service into its component parts (i.e., generation, transmission and distribution services) so that each part can be billed or sold separately.
Itemizing some of the different services a customer actually receives and charging for these services separately.
The term used to describe the access provided by local exchange carriers so that other service providers can buy or lease portions of its network elements, such as interconnection loops, to serve subscribers.
The process of separating a service into component parts and permitting customers to buy each separately. Utility unbundling, overseen by regulators, generally requires utilities to ensure that the price of each service accurately reflects the cost of that service (plus a margin for profit). In this way, unbundling helps ensure that customers pay for what they receive and are not forced to subsidize services they do not use.
The separation of the prices or services offered by a local distribution company's rates.
Separating electric utility service into its basic components -- generation, transmission and distribution -- and offering each component separately for sale with separate rates for each component.
the separating of the various components of electricity production, supply and service, in order to introduce greater elements of competition to these segments of the industry. ‘Functional unbundlingâ€(tm) would require monopolistic utilities to provide access to their transmission and distribution network in exchange for an access fee. ‘Structural unbundlingâ€(tm) would require complete vertical disaggregation, so that monopolistic utilities would be required to divest either their generation assets or their transmission/distribution assets.
The billing of separate charges for services that are normally included under one procedure code.
dividing a company into separate constituent companies, often to sell all or some of them after a takeover.
Disaggregating electric utility service into its basic components and selling each component separately at individual rates. For example, generation, transmission, and distribution could be unbundled and offered as discrete, individually priced services.
Separately billing for units of service that might otherwise be priced together ("bundling"). For claims processing, this includes providers billing separately for health care services that should be combined according to industry standards or accepted coding practices.
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The breaking down of a bundled service into its component parts so that a customer can choose to purchase different components of the service that they require from different parties. When LDCs offered only bundled services, their customers could purchase gas only from the LDC. In an unbundled environment, the customer can choose to purchase its gas supply from any supplier it wants and the LDC provides transportation to the customer's meter. Additional unbundling may allow other parties to provide other components of service, such as billing, meter reading, and credit and collection services. [ séparation
This is a term you hear in relation to customer electricity bills. Unbundling is separating the details of all the charges that go into a customer's bill, including the transmission charge, distribution charge, the charge for the commodity of electricity itself, the Debt Retirement Charge, etc. In November, 2004 the Ontario Energy Board effectively ordered re-bundling of the electricity charges. The intent was to standardize and simplify utility bills making them easier for consumers to understand.
The separation of generation, transmission and distribution services and other programs. Customers would receive and pay only for the services they use. This could include the electricity itself, delivery of it, meter reading, billing and assorted energy services.
A term used to describe how consumers will be charged for electricity in a restructured utility environment. It is breaking up the current energy service package into separate components such as supply, transmission, and distribution.
Separation of costs or rates into their various components.
This is a term you hear in relation to customer electricity bills. Unbundling is separating the details of all the charges that go into a customer's bill, including the transmission charge, distribution charge, the charge for the commodity of electricity itself, the Debt Retirement Charge, etc. In the new market, each piece is calculated separately.
A approach to treatment that seeks to provide the appropriate combination of specific services to match a patient's needs. The goal of unbundling is to provide an array of options for flexible individualized treatment, which can be delivered in a variety of settings.
The separating of the total process of electric power service from generation to metering into its component parts for the purpose of separate pricing or service offerings.
breaking down utility service into its different parts so each part can be priced separately.
Breaking down services offered into parts so each part can be billed separately.
The requirement in the Telecommunications Act that incumbent local carriers make available to CLECs each piece of their service instead of requiring CLECs to contract for them all. Failure to unbundled services prohibits the incumbent from entering the long distance market. Unbundled Network Element (UNE): The Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires each telephone network service to be unbunded. A UNE is an unbundled element of a network, such as an interconnection point or local loop that a CLEC can obtain from an ILEC or other CLEC.
Disaggregating electric utility service into its basic components and offering each component separately for sale with separate rates for each component. For example, generation, transmission and distribution could be unbundled and offered as discrete services.
The practice of billing each medical procedure under a separate code as a separate item to increase the reimbursement paid by a plan or insurance contract, instead of part of one overall procedure.
The separation of the various components of gas sales, storage, transmission, delivery and etc. into an ala carte menu of services from which a customer may choose only those desired.
When a dealer removes normally included items from a camera package and then sells them to you separately.
Separation of a multinational firm's transfers of funds into discrete flows for specific purposes. See: Bundling.
The separation and discrete offering of the components of the local telephone service. Unbundling of network components facilitates the provision of pieces of the local network, such as local switching and transport, by telephone company competitors.
When a multinational firm unbundles its transfer of funds into separate flows for specific purposes. See: bundling.