Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 16 > Article 21 > Chapter 6 - Hospital Financial Disclosure Law

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• education related costs: means the unreimbursed cost to a hospital of providing, funding, or otherwise financially supporting educational benefits, services, and programs, including:

  Indiana Code 16-21-6-0.2

• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• gross patient revenue: means inpatient and outpatient revenue from services to patients, including payments received from or on behalf of individual patients. See Indiana Code 16-21-6-1
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• net patient revenue: means gross patient revenue less deductions for contractual adjustments, bad debts, and charity. See Indiana Code 16-21-6-2
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5