Health insurance definition

Health insurance means protection which provides payment of benefits for covered sickness or injury.
Health insurance means insurance that covers the whole or a part of the risk of a person incurring medical expenses, spreading the risk over a large number of persons.
Health insurance means a plan or policy issued by a carrier for the payment for, provision of, or reimbursement for health care services.

Examples of Health insurance in a sentence

  • For example, the Contractor must comply with section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, if applicable, and all prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, creed, national origin, handicap, marital status, or veteran’s status.

  • The Contractor agrees to comply with the federal regulations implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to the extent those regulations apply to the services the Contractor provides or purchases with funds provided under this contract.

  • If CONTRACTOR is a covered entity under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) or the HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) Addendum is included as part of this Agreement, it is obliged to comply with applicable requirements of law and subsequent amendments relating to any protected health information, as well as any task or activity CONTRACTOR performs on behalf of COUNTY, to the extent COUNTY would be required to comply with such requirements.

  • The Parties agree to take such action as is necessary to amend this Schedule from time to time as is necessary for County to comply with the requirements of the Privacy Rule and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Public Law 104-191.

  • However, the contribution shall not be less than the amount determined by the School District to be necessary to comply with the Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act, 2011 PA 152.


More Definitions of Health insurance

Health insurance means health insurance as defined pursuant to N.J.S.A. 17B: 17-4; service benefits as provided by health service corporations, hospital service corporations or medical service corporations authorized to do business in this state, including basic health care services and/or supplemental health care services provided by health maintenance organizations, or dental care services provided by dental plan organizations and dental service corporations.
Health insurance means insurance providing for the costs and charges of medical treatment;
Health insurance means insurance coverage that provides basic health-care services, including usual physician services, office visits, hospitalization, and laboratory, X-ray, and emergency services, that may be provided through a health maintenance organization or other private or public organization, other than medical assistance under chapter 32 of the Texas Human Resources Code.
Health insurance means accident and sickness insurance authorized by chapter 509, 514, or 514A.
Health insurance means any group or individual health care benefit policy, contract, or other health benefit plan offered, issued, renewed, or administered by any health insurer, including any health care benefit plan offered, issued, renewed, or administered by any health insurance company, any nonprofit hospital and medical service corporation, or any managed care organization as defined in 18 V.S.A. § 9402. The term includes comprehensive major medical policies, contracts, or plans and Medicare supplemental policies, contracts, or plans, but does not include Medicaid, VHAP, or any other state health care assistance program financed in whole or in part through a federal program, unless authorized by federal law and approved by the general assembly. The term does not include policies issued for specified disease, accident, injury, hospital indemnity, long-term care, disability income, or other limited benefit health insurance policies, except that any policy providing coverage for dental services shall be included.
Health insurance means a contract, policy, or plan providing for health insurance coverage as defined in section 513B.2.
Health insurance means “health insurance coverage,” as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 27-18.5-2 and 27-18.6-2, “health benefit plan,” as defined in