Colorado § 38-27.5-102 - Definitions.
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§ 38-27.5-102. Definitions.
As used in this article 27.5, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Health-care provider" means a person licensed or certified in the state to practice medicine, pharmacy, chiropractic, nursing, physical therapy, podiatry, dentistry, optometry, occupational therapy, or other healing arts, or an entity directly employing such persons, and any other licensed health-care provider as permitted by the laws of the state.
(2) "Health-care provider lien" means a lien created by a health-care provider or its assignee related to charges for health-care services given to a person injured as a result of the negligence or wrongful acts of another person, which is asserted against money received as a result of a claim or claims that the injured person asserts against third parties or under an uninsured or underinsured motorist insurance policy.
(3) "Net judgment, settlement, or payment" means the proceeds received by an injured person on the injured person's claim or claims against third parties or under an uninsured or underinsured motorist policy, after the reduction of reasonable attorney fees and litigation expenses, if any.
(4) "Usual and customary billed charge" means a health-care provider's billed charge in the absence of insurance for a service that is similar to the billed charges for like services provided by other health-care providers in the same geographic area.
Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (HB 21-1300), ch. 473, p. 3389, § 1, effective September 7.
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