Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 18 - Insurance, Department of
Rule 18.04.10 - MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE STANDARDS
Section 18.04.10.011 - POLICY DEFINITIONS AND TERMS
Current through August 31, 2023
No policy or certificate may be advertised, solicited or issued for delivery in this state as a Medicare supplement policy or certificate unless the policy or certificate contains definitions or terms which conform to the requirements of this section. (3-31-22)
01. Accident, Accidental Injury, or Accidental Means. To employ "result" language and does not include words that establish an accidental means test or use words such as "external, violent, visible wounds" or similar words of description or characterization. (3-31-22)
02. Benefit Period or Medicare Benefit Period. Will not be defined more restrictively than as defined in the Medicare program. (3-31-22)
03. Convalescent Nursing Home, Extended Care Facility, or Skilled Nursing Facility. Will not be defined more restrictively than as defined in the Medicare program. (3-31-22)
04. Health Care Expenses. For purposes of Section 051, expenses of managed care organizations associated with the delivery of health care services, which expenses are analogous to incurred losses of insurers. (3-31-22)
05. Hospital. Defined in relation to its status, facilities, and available services or to reflect its accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, but not more restrictively than as defined in the Medicare program. (3-31-22)
06. Medicare. Is defined in the policy and certificate, substantially as "The Health Insurance for the Aged Act, Title XVIII of the Social Security Amendments of 1965 as then constituted or later amended," or "Title I, Part I of Public Law 89-97, as Enacted by the Eighty-Ninth Congress of the United States of America and popularly known as the Health Insurance for the Aged Act, as then constituted and any later amendments or substitutes thereof." (3-31-22)
07. Medicare Eligible Expenses. Expenses of the kinds covered by Medicare Parts A and B, to the extent recognized as reasonable and medically necessary by Medicare. (3-31-22)
08. Physician. Will not be defined more restrictively than as defined in the Medicare program. (3-31-22)
09. Sickness. Will not be defined to be more restrictive than the following: "Sickness means illness or disease of an insured person which first manifests itself after the effective date of insurance and while the insurance is in force." The definition may be further modified to exclude sicknesses or diseases for which benefits are provided under any workers' compensation, occupational disease, employer's liability, or similar law. (3-31-22)
