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Iowa Code § 582.1 Definitions.
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As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Health plan” means an individual or group plan that provides, or pays the costs of, medical care as that term is defined in the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 10…
Iowa Code § 582.1A Nature of lien.
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1. Every association, corporation, county, municipal corporation, or other institution maintaining a hospital in the state, which shall furnish medical or other service to any patient injured by reason of an accident not covered by the workers’ compensation Act, shall, if such in…
Iowa Code § 582.2 Written notice of lien.
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No such lien shall be effective, however, unless a written notice containing the name and address of the injured person, the date of the accident, the name and location of the hospital, and the name of the person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations alleged to b…
Iowa Code § 582.3 Duration and enforcement of lien.
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1. Any person, firm, or corporation, including an insurance carrier, making any payment to such patient or to the patient’s attorneys or heirs or legal representatives as compensation for the injury sustained, after the filing and mailing of such notice without paying to such hos…