Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes > Standardized Health Claim Form Act

• Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Ambulatory surgical facility: shall mean a facility, not a part of a hospital, which provides surgical treatment to patients not requiring hospitalization and which is licensed as a health clinic as defined by section 71-416 but shall not include the offices of private physicians or dentists whether for individual or group practice. See Nebraska Statutes 44-526
• Attorney: shall mean attorney at law. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• 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.
• Department: shall mean the Department of Insurance. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
• Director: shall mean the Director of Insurance. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Health care: shall mean any treatment, procedure, or intervention to diagnose, cure, care for, or treat the effects of disease or injury or congenital or degenerative condition. See Nebraska Statutes 44-526
• Health care practitioner: shall mean an individual or group of individuals in the form of a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to administer health care in the course of professional practice and shall include the health care professions and occupations which are regulated in the Uniform Credentialing Act. See Nebraska Statutes 44-526
• Hospital: shall mean a hospital as defined by section 71-419 except state hospitals administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. See Nebraska Statutes 44-526
• Institutional care providers: shall mean all facilities licensed or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to administer health care in the ordinary course of business and shall include all health care facilities defined in the Health Care Facility Licensure Act. See Nebraska Statutes 44-526
• Institutional care providers shall mean all facilities licensed or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to administer health care in the ordinary course of business and shall: include all health care facilities defined in the Health Care Facility Licensure Act. See Nebraska Statutes 44-526
• Issuer: shall mean an insurance company, fraternal benefit society, health maintenance organization, third-party administrator, or other entity reimbursing the costs of health care expenses. See Nebraska Statutes 44-526
• Medicaid: shall mean the medical assistance program pursuant to the Medical Assistance Act. See Nebraska Statutes 44-526
• Medicare: shall mean Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U. See Nebraska Statutes 44-526
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Probate: Proving a will
• State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Uniform claim form: shall mean the claim forms and electronic transfer procedures developed pursuant to section 44-527. See Nebraska Statutes 44-526