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Intensive Care
Intensive Care or Coronary Unit” shall mean a cardiac care unit or other unit or area of a Hospital which meets the required standards of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals for Special Care Units.

Medical Emergency
Medical Emergency” means the occurrence of a sudden, serious and unexpected Sickness or Injury. In the absence of immediate medical attention, a reasonable person could believe this condition would result in: (1) Death; (2) Permanent placement of the Insured’s health in jeopardy; (3) Serious impairment of bodily functions; or (4) Serious and permanent dysfunction of any body organ or part. Expenses incurred for “Medical Emergency” will be paid only for Sickness or Injury which fulfills the above conditions. These expenses will not be paid for minor injuries or minor Sicknesses.

Medical Necessity or Medically Necessary
"Medically Necessary or Medical Necessity" shall mean services, Treatment or supplies received by the Insured Person that are determined by the Company to be:
1.) appropriate and necessary for the symptoms, diagnosis, or direct care and Treatment of the Insured Person's medical conditions;
 2.) within the standards the organized medical community deems good medical practice for the Insured Person's condition;
3.) not provided solely for educational purposes or primarily for the convenience of the Insured Person, the Insured Person's Physician or another Service Provider or person;
4.) not Experimental / Investigational and/or for Research; and
5.) not excessive in scope, duration, or intensity to provide safe and adequate, and appropriate Treatment. For Hospital stays, this means that acute care as an Inpatient is necessary due to the kinds of services the Insured Person is receiving or the severity of the Insured Person's condition, in that safe and adequate care cannot be received as an Outpatient or in a less intensified medical setting. The fact that any particular Physician may prescribe, order, recommend, or approve a service, Treatment, supply or level of care, does not of itself, make such Treatment Medically Necessary or make the charge a Covered Expense under this Certificate.

Mental Illness
"Mental Illness" or “Mental and Nervous Disorder” shall mean Mental, emotional, and psychiatric disorders, Illnesses or conditions (whether organic or non-organic, whether biological, non-biological, genetic, chemical or non-chemical in origin). Mental and nervous disorders include, but are not limited to psychoses; neurotic disorders; bipolar disorders; affective disorders; personality disorders; psychological or behavioral abnormalities, associated with transient or permanent dysfunction of the brain or related neurohomonal systems; and disorders, conditions, and Illnesses listed in the most current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV-R or the most recent edition of the International Classification of Diseases ICD-9-CM, which is the required reporting tool for all diagnoses and diseases to all U.S. Public Health Service and Health Care Financing Administration programs on the date the medical care or Treatment is rendered to an Insured Person

Natural Teeth
Sound, Natural Teeth” means natural teeth, the major portion of the individual tooth is present, regardless of fillings or caps; and is not carious, abscessed or defective.

Newborn Infant
"Newborn Infant” means any child born of an Insured while that person is insured under the policy.
Newborn Infants will be covered under the policy for the first 31 days after birth ONLY IF the Newborn Infant’s mother was both a) insured under the policy when the Newborn Infant was born and b) her pregnancy was a covered condition under the policy. Coverage for such child will be for Injury or Sickness, including medically diagnosed congenital defects, birth abnormalities, prematurity and nursery care; benefits will be the same as for the Insured Person who is the child’s parent.
The Insured will have the right to continue such coverage for the child beyond the first 31 days. To continue coverage the Insured must, within the 31 days after the child’s birth: 1) apply to us; and 2) pay the required additional premium for the continued coverage. If the Insured does not use this right as stated here, all coverage as to that child will terminate at the end of the first 31 days after the child’s birth.

Physician or Surgeon
"Physician” or “Surgeon" shall mean a doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopathy licensed to render medical services or perform Surgery in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction where such professional services are performed.

Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy” shall mean physical therapy, recommended by a Physician for the treatment of a specific Covered Event and administered by a licensed physical therapist.

Policyholder
"Policyholder" means Global International Trust, Washington D C.

Pre-existing Conditions
"Pre-Existing Condition" shall mean 1) A condition that would have caused a person to seek medical advice, diagnosis, care or Treatment within the 6 months (or 12 months for persons 70 and older) prior to the Individual Effective Date of Coverage under this program; 2) A condition for which medical advice, diagnosis, care or Treatment, including Medication, was sought, recommended or received within the 6 months (or 12 months for persons age 70 and older) prior to the Individual Effective Date of Coverage under this program; 3) the symptoms which occurred within the 6 months (or 12 months for persons 70 and older) prior to the Individual Effective Date of the Coverage under this Certificate would have allowed a person trained in medicine to make a diagnosis of the condition producing the symptoms: 4) a condition which manifested within the 6 months (or 12 months for persons 70 and older) prior to the Individual Effective Date of Coverage under this Certificate;

Prescription Drugs
"Prescription Drugs means":
1) prescription legend drugs;
2) compound medications of which at least one ingredient is a prescription legend drug;
3) any other drugs which under the applicable state or federal law may be dispensed only upon written prescription of a Physician; and
4) injectable insulin.

Reasonable and customary
"Reasonable and Customary" shall mean the maximum amount that the Company determines is Reasonable and Customary for Eligible Benefits the Insured Person receives, up to but not to exceed charges actually billed. The Company's determination considers:
 1.) amounts charged by other Service Providers for the same or similar service in the medical community where the services were received;
2.) any unusual medical circumstances requiring additional time, skill or experience;
3.) the cost to the Service Provider of providing the services or supplies or performing the procedure; and
4.) other factors the Company determines are relevant, including but not limited to, a resource based relative value scale. For a Service Provider who has a reimbursement agreement with the Company, the Reasonable and Customary charge is equal to the amount that constitutes payment in full under any reimbursement agreement with the Company.
 If a Service Provider accepts as full payment an amount less than the negotiated rate under a reimbursement agreement, the lesser amount will be the maximum Reasonable and Customary charge. The Reasonable and Customary charge is reduced by any penalties for which a Service Provider is responsible as a result of that Service Provider’s agreement with the Company.

Repatriation of remains
The Company will pay the reasonable Covered Expenses incurred up to $7,500 to return the Insured Person's remains to his/her Home Country, if he or she dies. Covered Expenses include, but are not limited to, expenses for embalming, [a minimally necessary container appropriate for transportation, shipping costs, and the necessary government authorizations. All transportation arrangements must be performed by the Administrator.

Service Provider
"Service Provider" shall mean a Hospital, Hospice, Convalescent/skilled nursing facility, ambulatory surgical center, psychiatric Hospital, community mental health center, residential treatment facility, psychiatric treatment facility, alcohol or drug dependency treatment center, birthing center, Physician, Dentist, chiropractor, licensed medical practitioner, nurse, medical laboratory, assistance service company, air/ground ambulance firm, or any other such facility that the Company approves to provide services under the Certificate.

Sickness
Sickness” shall mean Illness or Disease of any kind listed in the most recent edition of the International Classification of Diseases. All related conditions and recurrent symptoms of the same or a similar condition will be considered one Sickness.

Treatment
Treatment” shall mean medical or surgical management of a patient designed to resolve the Illness or Injury based on standard and accepted medical practice. For purposes of this Certificate, the course of action will only include those scheduled and approved benefits, for which the Insured Person is eligible.

Underwriter
Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, herein referred to as “the Company” hereby insures all persons whose Application has been Approved, by Seven Corners, Inc. (formerly known as: Specialty Risk International, Inc.), herein referred to as “the Administrator” on behalf of the Company and whose name is identified on the ID Card and/or recorded with the Administrator, subject to all of the Exclusions, Limitations and Provisions as set forth herein and in the Certificate of Insurance issued by the Company to the Policyholder. Coverage is afforded only with respect to the named Insured Person(s), Coverage, amounts and limits specified herein and as identified in the Schedule of Benefits for the Insurance requested on the Application and for which the specified Premium has been paid to the Administrator

Usual and Customary Charges
"Reasonable and Customary "shall mean the maximum amount that the Company determines is Reasonable and Customary for Eligible Benefits the Insured Person receives, up to but not to exceed charges actually billed. The Company's determination considers: 1.) amounts charged by other Service Providers for the same or similar service in the medical community where the services were received; 2.) any unusual medical circumstances requiring additional time, skill or experience; 3.) the cost to the Service Provider of providing the services or supplies or performing the procedure; and 4.) other factors the Company determines are relevant, including but not limited to, a resource based relative value scale. For a Service Provider who has a reimbursement agreement with the Company, the Reasonable and Customary charge is equal to the amount that constitutes payment in full under any reimbursement agreement with the Company. If a Service Provider accepts as full payment an amount less than the negotiated rate under a reimbursement agreement, the lesser amount will be the maximum Reasonable and Customary charge. The Reasonable and Customary charge is reduced by any penalties for which a Service Provider is responsible as a result of that Service Provider’s agreement with the Company.