Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 27 > Article 1 > Chapter 37.3 - Third Party Rights and Responsibilities Under Health Care Contracts

• affiliate: has the meaning set forth in IC 27-1-25-1. See Indiana Code 27-1-37.3-2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• contractor: refers to a person with a primary business purpose of entering into health care contracts with providers. See Indiana Code 27-1-37.3-3
• covered individual: means an individual who is entitled to coverage under a health plan. See Indiana Code 27-1-37.3-4
• health care contract: means a contract between a person and a provider specifying the rights and responsibilities of the:

  Indiana Code 27-1-37.3-6

• health plan: means a plan through which coverage is provided for health care services through insurance, prepayment, reimbursement, or otherwise. See Indiana Code 27-1-37.3-5
• Insurance: means a contract of insurance or an agreement by which one (1) party, for a consideration, promises to pay money or its equivalent or to do an act valuable to the insured upon the destruction, loss or injury of something in which the other party has a pecuniary interest, or in consideration of a price paid, adequate to the risk, becomes security to the other against loss by certain specified risks; to grant indemnity or security against loss for a consideration. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, and partnerships; personal pronoun includes all genders; the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3