Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 33 > Chapter 65 - Medicare and General Assistance Beneficiaries; Balance Billing

• Administrator: means the Vermont State Treasurer. See
• 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.
• Apparent owner: means a person whose name appears on the records of a holder as the owner of property held, issued, or owing by the holder. See
• Balance bill: means to charge to or collect from a Medicare or General Assistance beneficiary any amount in excess of the reasonable charge for that service as determined by the U. See
• 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}
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Confidential information: means records, reports, and information that are confidential under section 1612 of this title. See
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See
• Holder: means a person obligated to hold for the account of, or to deliver or pay to, the owner, property subject to this chapter. See
• Insurance company: means an association, corporation, or fraternal or mutual-benefit organization, whether or not for profit, engaged in the business of providing life endowments, annuities, or insurance, including accident, burial, casualty, credit-life, contract-performance, dental, disability, fidelity, fire, health, hospitalization, illness, life, malpractice, marine, mortgage, surety, wage-protection, and workers' compensation insurance. See
• Medicare beneficiary: means a person who is a beneficiary of health insurance under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act. See
• Money order: means a payment order for a specified amount of money. See
• Non-freely transferable security: means a security that cannot be delivered to the Administrator by the Depository Trust Clearing Corporation or similar custodian of securities providing post-trade clearing and settlement services to financial markets or cannot be delivered because there is no agent to effect transfer. See
• Owner: means a person that has a legal, beneficial, or equitable interest in property subject to this chapter or the person's legal representative when acting on behalf of the owner. See
• Person: means an individual, estate, business association, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity. See
• Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
• Property: means tangible property described in section 1465 of this title or a fixed and certain interest in intangible property held, issued, or owed in the course of a holder's business or by a government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality. See
• Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Security: means :

• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U. See
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
• Utility: means a person that owns or operates for public use a plant, equipment, real property, franchise, or license for the following public services: