Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-7-3304

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • provider: means any person or entity performing services regulated pursuant to title 63 or title 68, chapter 11, with whom the health insurance entity has an express and valid network provider agreement or contract. See Tennessee Code 56-7-3301
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

This part shall not apply to a contract between a health care provider and the state or federal government or their agencies for health care services provided through a program for medicare; the state group insurance program; TennCare or any successor program provided for in title 71, chapter 5; the CoverKids Act of 2006 provided for in title 71, chapter 3, part 11; the Cover Tennessee Act of 2006 provided for in chapter 7, part 30 of this title [repealed]; or the Access Tennessee Act of 2006 provided for in chapter 7, part 29 of this title.