Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 45. Interest, Loans, and Debt § 45-1302. Terms, defined

(1)Bad debt expense means the cost of care for which a health care provider expected payment from the patient or a third-party payor, but which the health care provider subsequently determines to be uncollectible;

(2)Eligible resident means an individual eligible for relief who:

(3)Health care provider means:

(4)Medical debt means an obligation to pay money arising from the receipt of health care services;

(5)Medical debt relief means the discharge of a patient's medical debt;

(6)Medical debt relief coordinator means a person, company, partnership, or other entity that is able to discharge medical debt of an eligible resident in a manner that does not result in taxable income for the eligible resident; and

(7)Program means the Medical Debt Relief Program established in section 45-1303.