In Alaska Stat. § 47.05.200 – 47.05.290,
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 47.05.290
- person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
- state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(2) “claim” includes a request for payment for medical assistance services under applicable state or federal law or regulations, whether the request is in an electronic format or paper format or both;
(3) “commissioner” means the commissioner of health;
(4) “department” means the Department of Health;
(8) “medical assistance agency” means the department, an agency of the department, and an agent, contractor, or designee of the department or of one of its agencies that performs one or more of the activities of the department or an agency of the department;
(10) “medical assistance provider” or “provider” means a person or organization that provides, attempts to provide, or claims to have provided services or products to a medical assistance recipient that may qualify for reimbursement under Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.07 or Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.08 or a person or organization that participates in or has applied to participate in a medical assistance program as a supplier of a service or product;
(11) “medical assistance recipient” means a person on whose behalf another claims or receives a payment from a medical assistance agency, without regard to whether the individual was eligible for benefits under a medical assistance program;
(12) “medical assistance record” means records required to be kept by state or federal law or regulation regarding claims to a medical assistance agency;