Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 50 > Chapter 16 > Part 8 - Health Care Information Privacy Requirements for Providers Subject to HIPAA

• 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}
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• 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.
• Health care: means care, services, or supplies provided by a health care provider that are related to the health of an individual. See Montana Code 50-16-803
• Health care facility: means a hospital, clinic, nursing home, laboratory, office, or similar place where a health care provider provides health care to patients. See Montana Code 50-16-803
• Health care information: means any information, whether oral or recorded in any form or medium, that:

  (a)is created or received by a health care provider;

  (b)relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual or to the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to the individual; and

  (c)identifies or with respect to which there is a reasonable basis to believe the information can be used to identify the individual. See Montana Code 50-16-803

• Health care provider: means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to provide health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession. See Montana Code 50-16-803
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Patient: means an individual who receives or has received health care. See Montana Code 50-16-803
• Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision or agency, or other legal or commercial entity. See Montana Code 50-16-803
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• Reasonable fee: means the charge, as provided for in 50-16-816, for duplicating, searching for, or handling recorded health care information. See Montana Code 50-16-803
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203