Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 55.1 > Subtitle V > Chapter 31 - Release of Specific Property from Judgment Liens

• Abstract of judgment: In a federal criminal proceeding, A certification from a U.S. District Court clerk that a judgment of restitution was entered against the defendant owing to the victim. If the defendant inherits, owns, or sells real property or holdings, these assets can then be attached at the state and local levels as well.
• Accident and sickness insurance: means insurance against loss resulting from sickness, or from bodily injury or death by accident or accidental means, or from a combination of any or all of these perils. See Virginia Code 38.2-109
• Adult: means a person 18 years of age or more. See Virginia Code 1-203
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Aggregate retained rebate percentage: means the sum total dollar amount of a pharmacy benefits manager's retained rebates relating to all carrier clients of such pharmacy benefits manager divided by the sum total dollar amount of all rebates received by such pharmacy benefits manager relating to all such clients. See Virginia Code 38.2-3465
• Allowed amount: means the contractually agreed upon amount paid or payable by a health carrier to a health care provider participating in the health carrier's network. See Virginia Code 38.2-3461
• Average: means mean, median, or mode. See Virginia Code 38.2-3461
• 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}
• Board of supervisors: means the governing body of a county. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
• Bureau of Insurance: means the division of the Commission established to administer the insurance laws of the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
• Claim: means a request from a pharmacy or pharmacist to be reimbursed for the cost of administering, filling, or refilling a prescription for a drug or for providing a medical supply or device. See Virginia Code 38.2-3465
• Claims processing services: means the administrative services performed in connection with the processing and adjudicating of claims relating to pharmacist services that include (i) receiving payments for pharmacist services, (ii) making payments to pharmacists or pharmacies for pharmacist services, or (iii) both receiving and making payments. See Virginia Code 38.2-3465
• Commission: means the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
• Company: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds type of organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
• Comparable health care service: means any (i) physical and occupational therapy service, (ii) radiology and imaging service, (iii) laboratory service, (iv) infusion therapy service, and (v) at the discretion of the health carrier, other health care service, provided that with respect to any service described in clauses (i) through (v) the service (a) is a covered non-emergency health care service or bundle of health care services provided by a network provider and (b) is a service for which the health carrier has not demonstrated that the allowed amount variation among participating providers is less than $50. See Virginia Code 38.2-3461
• Constitutional officer: means an officer provided for pursuant to Article VII, § 4 of the Constitution. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
• Contract pharmacy: means a pharmacy operating under contract with a 340B-covered entity to provide dispensing services to the 340B-covered entity, as described in 75 Fed. See Virginia Code 38.2-3465
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• County: means any existing county or such unit hereafter created. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
• Covered entity: means an entity described in § 340B(a)(4) of the federal Public Health Service Act, Virginia Code 38.2-3465
• Covered individual: means an individual receiving prescription medication coverage or reimbursement provided by a pharmacy benefits manager or a carrier under a health benefit plan. See Virginia Code 38.2-3465
• Covered person: means a policyholder, subscriber, participant, or other individual covered by a health benefit plan. See Virginia Code 38.2-3461
• creditor: means the holder, payee, or obligee of a judgment lien and includes the lien creditor as noted on the recorded judgment or abstract of judgment and his successor in interest, including any assignee noted on a recorded assignment or notice of assignment. See Virginia Code 55.1-3100
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Date of notice: means the date the notice is dispatched by one of the enumerated methods of notice. See Virginia Code 55.1-3100
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Exchange: means either a (i) federal health benefit exchange established by the Secretary of the U. See Virginia Code 38.2-3455
• Form: means a policy, rider, endorsement, amendment, application, enrollment form, certificate of insurance, evidence of coverage, group agreement, supplemental agreement, or any other form required to be filed with or approved by the Commission. See Virginia Code 38.2-3517
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Governing body: means the board of supervisors of a county, council of a city, or council of a town, as the context may require. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
• Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
• Health benefit plan: means a policy, contract, certificate, or agreement offered by a health carrier in the small group market to provide, deliver, arrange for, pay for, or reimburse any of the costs of health care services. See Virginia Code 38.2-3461
• Health care provider: means a health care professional or facility. See Virginia Code 38.2-3461
• Health care service: means a service for the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, cure, or relief of a health condition, illness, injury, or disease. See Virginia Code 38.2-3461
• Health carrier: means an entity subject to the insurance laws and regulations of the Commonwealth and subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission that contracts or offers to contract to provide, deliver, arrange for, pay for, or reimburse any of the costs of health care services, including an insurer licensed to sell accident and sickness insurance, a health maintenance organization, a health services plan, or any other entity providing a plan of health insurance, health benefits, or health care services. See Virginia Code 38.2-3461
• Health services plan: means any arrangement for offering or administering health services or similar or related services by a corporation licensed under Virginia Code 38.2-100
• Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
• insurance policies: shall include contracts of fidelity, indemnity, guaranty and suretyship. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
• insured: as used in this article , shall not be construed to prevent a person with a proper insurable interest from applying for and owning a policy covering another person or from being entitled to any indemnities, benefits and rights provided under the policy. See Virginia Code 38.2-3507
• Insurer: means an insurance company. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
• Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit.
• Judgment lien: includes a judgment lien pursuant to § Virginia Code 55.1-3100
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Mail order pharmacy: means a pharmacy whose primary business is to receive prescriptions by mail or through electronic submissions and to dispense medication to covered individuals through the use of the United States mail or other common or contract carrier services and that provides any consultation with covered individuals electronically rather than face-to-face. See Virginia Code 38.2-3465
• Medicare: means the "Health Insurance for the Aged Act" Title XVIII of the Social Security Amendment of 1965, as amended. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
• Month: means a calendar month and "year" means a calendar year. See Virginia Code 1-223
• Navigator: means an individual or entity described in Virginia Code 38.2-3455
• Network provider: means a health care provider that has contracted with the health carrier, or with its contractor or subcontractor, to provide health care services to covered persons as a member of a network. See Virginia Code 38.2-3461
• Notice: means notice given in writing and sent by (i) certified mail, return receipt requested; (ii) commercial overnight delivery service for same day or next business day delivery; or (iii) the United States Postal Service for next business day delivery. See Virginia Code 55.1-3100
• Out-of-pocket costs: means any copayment, deductible, or coinsurance that is the responsibility of the covered person with respect to a covered health care service. See Virginia Code 38.2-3461
• 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.
• PBM: means an entity that performs pharmacy benefits management. See Virginia Code 38.2-3465
• Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds type of organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Pharmacy benefits management: means the administration or management of prescription drug benefits provided by a carrier for the benefit of covered individuals. See Virginia Code 38.2-3465
• Pharmacy benefits manager: includes an entity acting for a PBM in a contractual relationship in the performance of pharmacy benefits management for a carrier, nonprofit hospital, or third-party payor under a health program administered by the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 38.2-3465
• Pharmacy benefits manager affiliate: means a business, pharmacy, or pharmacist that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership interest or control with a pharmacy benefits manager. See Virginia Code 38.2-3465
• Policy: means an insurance policy, contract, certificate, evidence of coverage, or other agreement of insurance, including any attached rider, endorsement, or application. See Virginia Code 38.2-3517
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Program: means the comparable health care service incentive program established by a health carrier pursuant to this article. See Virginia Code 38.2-3461
• Property: means the piece or pieces of real property that are the subject of the settlement and cited on the notice and release. See Virginia Code 55.1-3100
• provider network: means the group of participating providers providing services to a health benefit plan under which the financing and delivery of health care services are provided, in whole or in part, through a defined set of health care providers. See Virginia Code 38.2-3461
• Qualified dental plan: means a limited scope dental plan that has in effect a certification that the plan meets the criteria for certification described in § 1311(d)(2)(B)(ii) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P. See Virginia Code 38.2-3455
• Qualified health plan: means a health benefit plan that has in effect a certification that the plan meets the criteria for certification described in § 1311(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P. See Virginia Code 38.2-3455
• rates: means any rate of premium, policy fee, membership fee or any other charge made by an insurer for or in connection with a contract or policy of insurance. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
• Rebate: means a discount or other price concession, including without limitation incentives, disbursements, and reasonable estimates of a volume-based discount, or a payment that is (i) based on utilization of a prescription drug and (ii) paid by a manufacturer or third party, directly or indirectly, to a pharmacy benefits manager, pharmacy services administrative organization, or pharmacy after a claim has been processed and paid at a pharmacy. See Virginia Code 38.2-3465
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the U. See Virginia Code 38.2-3455
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Settlement agent: means the same as it is defined in § Virginia Code 55.1-3100
• Small group market: means the health insurance market under which individuals obtain health insurance coverage, directly or through any arrangement, on behalf of themselves and their dependents through a group health plan maintained by a small employer. See Virginia Code 38.2-3461
• Spread pricing: means the model of prescription drug pricing in which the pharmacy benefits manager charges a health benefit plan a contracted price for prescription drugs, and the contracted price for the prescription drugs differs from the amount the pharmacy benefits manager directly or indirectly pays the pharmacist or pharmacy for pharmacist services. See Virginia Code 38.2-3465
• State: means any commonwealth, state, territory, district or insular possession of the United States. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Subscriber: means a person obligated under a reciprocal insurance agreement. See Virginia Code 38.2-1201
• United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255