(Filing a Claim) - Tell the insurance company something bad happened Many claims are processed by your doctor's or hospital's billing personnel However, there are circumstances where you may need to make direct payments to the medical provider and be reimbursed by your policy - so be sure to keep records of all your medical bills
Bills for services Claims are sent by physicians, hospitals, labs and other providers Back to Top
on foodstuffs for particular nutritional use: "suitable for a low-sodium diet" "suitable for the preparation of infant food" naturally low in cholesterol"
adjuster (or claims representative) The person responsible for investigating and settling claims covered by insurance
Bills for services Doctors, hospitals, labs and other providers send billed claims to health insurance plans, and what the plans pay are called paid claims
Concise written statements that define the invention covered by the patent application What falls within that definition is protected by the patent-anything outside it, is not protected
The basis for filing an application that allows for the determination of the person entitled to the registration of the mark
'Claims' refer to the social, physiological and cultural demands of a human being, formed by the individual himself and which could be said are the motive for his acting 'Needs' refer to the corresponding demands formed by society
That part of a patent which defines the metes and bounds of the invention These are found at the end of the patent specification in the form of numbered paragraphs
A precise statement in English of the invention that the applicant wishes to protect A main claim will define the invention in its broadest form, by including its essential technical features Further "dependant" claims can then relate to additional features of the invention
Claims against the Government are initially filed with the SCO, but are, by statute, settled in the General Accounting Office (GAO) There are, however, certain circumstances where some types of claims may be settled locally To identify with claims and procedures to be followed, review DRMS-I 4160 14, Volume 5, Chapter 8, Paragraph E 1-3
the meat and potatoes of the patent application A claim is a single sentence that describes one aspect of an invention; in a patent there can be hundreds of claims or only one Since patent protection only covers what is exactly and explicitly laid out in the claims, they are, as you can imagine, incredibly important Patent attorneys can spend months crafting these delicate sentences
The definition at application of the monopoly that the applicant is trying to obtain for the invention, or the actual monopoly that is given at grant
A signed proof-of-claim is required in order to receive re-imbursement or establish a direct settlement with a medical provider Insurance carriers provide instructions for fulfilling this process in accordance with its own standard forms and procedures These are very important, especially regarding supporting documentation and time limits, etc Also, in order to combat fraud, most international carriers require invoices and bills that are originals - as opposed to photocopies - from the respective medical providers