Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 71 > Chapter 3 > Part 11 - Liens of Certain Health Care Providers

• Ambulance service: means a person providing ground or air ambulance transport, licensed under 50-6-306, that:

  (a)is in-network with at least two insurers that together provide coverage for at least 25% of health insurance insureds in the state; or

  (b)accepts insurance, including copayments, coinsurance, or deductibles, as payment in full and does not offer memberships under Title 33, chapter 2, part 22. See Montana Code 71-3-1113

• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Beneficiary: means a person entitled to insurance benefits. See Montana Code 71-3-1113
• Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Dentist: means a person practicing dentistry as provided in 37-4-101. See Montana Code 71-3-1113
• Insurance: means a contract through which a person, the insurer, undertakes to indemnify another, the insured, or pay or provide a determinable amount or benefit upon determinable contingencies. See Montana Code 71-3-1113
• Insurer: has the meaning of a health insurance issuer provided in 33-22-140. See Montana Code 71-3-1113
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Outpatient center for surgical services: means a facility registered as provided in 50-32-314. See Montana Code 71-3-1113
• Person: means an individual, a corporation, an organization, or other legal entity. See Montana Code 71-3-1113
• Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201