Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 29.5 > Chapter 3 - Authorized Class III Games

• affiliated: refers to a provider that is a member of the same provider group as another provider. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-2
• board: refers to the Indiana board of pharmacy established by IC 25-26-13-3. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.3-2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• controlled substance: has the meaning set forth in IC 35-48-1-9. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.3-3
• covered individual: means an individual who is entitled to coverage under a health plan. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-3
• covered individual: means an individual who is entitled to be provided health care services according to a health carrier's network plan. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-1
• direct primary care agreement: means a contract entered into between a primary care provider or an employer of a primary care provider and an individual patient or the patient's legal representative in which the primary care provider or the employer of the primary care provider:

  Indiana Code 25-1-10-1

• distant site: means a site at which a practitioner is located while providing health care services through telehealth. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-2
• electronic transmission: has the meaning set forth in IC 25-26-13-2. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.3-4
• emergency medical condition: means a medical condition that arises suddenly and unexpectedly and manifests itself by acute symptoms of such severity, including severe pain, that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected by a prudent lay person who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine to:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-4

• episode of care: means the medical care ordered to be provided for a specific medical procedure, condition, or illness. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-1.5
• 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.
• eye care professional: means either of the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-2.2

• good faith estimate: means a reasonable estimate of the price each provider anticipates charging for an episode of care for nonemergency health care services that:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-2

• 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 services: includes the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-2.5

• health carrier: means an entity:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-3

• health plan: means :

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-5

• in network: when used in reference to a practitioner, means that the health care services provided by the practitioner are subject to a health carrier's network plan. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-4
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in IC 16-18-2-295) concerning any diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of the patient, unless otherwise defined. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• network: means a group of two (2) or more providers that have entered into:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-6

• network: means a group of provider facilities and practitioners that:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-5

• network plan: means a plan of a health carrier that:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-6

• network provider: means a provider described in section 6 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-7
• nonemergency health care service: means a discrete service or series of services ordered by a practitioner for an episode of care for the:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-7

• ophthalmic device: means either of the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-2.8

• originating site: means any site at which a patient is located at the time health care services through telehealth are provided to the individual. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-3
• out of network provider: means a provider that is not described in section 6 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-8
• practitioner: means an individual who holds an unlimited license to practice as any of the following in Indiana:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-3.5

• practitioner: means the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-8

• prescriber: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.3-5

• prescriber: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-4

• prescriber: refers to a practitioner who maintains an Indiana controlled substance registration and a federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.7-1
• prescription: has the meaning set forth in IC 25-26-13-2. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.3-6
• price: means the negotiated rate between the:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-8.5

• primary care health services: includes any of the following services that are provided within the primary care provider's scope of practice and for the purpose of promotion of health or the detection and management of disease or injury:

  Indiana Code 25-1-10-3

• primary care provider: means a person that is licensed, certified, or registered under IC 12, IC 16, or this title to provide primary care health services in Indiana. See Indiana Code 25-1-10-2
• provider: means a practitioner described in IC 25-1-9-2(a)(1). See Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-9
• provider: means :

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-9

• provider facility: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-10

• provider group: means a legal entity:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-10

• referral: means a recommendation or direction made by a provider to a covered individual that the covered individual receive a health care item or service rendered by another provider that is not affiliated with the first provider. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-11
• refraction: means a test that is performed to measure an individual's prescription for eye glasses or contact lenses. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-4.5
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• store and forward: means the transmission of a patient's medical information from an originating site to the practitioner at a distant site without the patient being present. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-5
• telehealth: means the delivery of health care services using interactive electronic communications and information technology, in compliance with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), including:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-6