Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 25 > Chapter 17-B - Louisiana Cypress Sawmill Museum

• Basic health care services: means emergency care, inpatient hospital and physician care, outpatient medical and chiropractic services, and laboratory and x-ray services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:242
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:242
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Enrollee: means an individual who is enrolled in a health maintenance organization. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:242
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Health care services: means any services rendered by providers which include but are not limited to medical and surgical care; psychological, optometric, optic, chiropractic, podiatric, nursing, and pharmaceutical services; health education, rehabilitative, and home health services; physical therapy; inpatient and outpatient hospital services; dietary and nutritional services; laboratory and ambulance services; and any other services for the purpose of preventing, alleviating, curing, or healing human illness, injury, or physical disability. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:242
• Health maintenance organization: means any corporation organized as either a business corporation or a nonprofit corporation and domiciled in this state which undertakes to provide or arrange for the provision of basic health care services to enrollees in return for a prepaid charge. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:242
• Provider: means any physician, hospital, or other person, organization, institution, or group of persons licensed or otherwise authorized in this state to furnish health care services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:242
• Secretary: means the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:242