Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 56 > Chapter 7 > Part 33 - Contracts With Health Care Providers

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the department of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
• Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds-type organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
• provider: means any person or entity performing services regulated pursuant to title 63 or title 68, chapter 11, with whom the health insurance entity has an express and valid network provider agreement or contract. See Tennessee Code 56-7-3301
• Reasonably accurate: means information determined through application by the health insurance entity of contract rates, fee schedules and reimbursement rules and policies in effect as of the date inquiry is made by the provider. See Tennessee Code 56-7-3301
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105