Accident: An Unexpected occurrence caused by external, visible means and resulting in physical Injury to the Insured Person.
AIDS.: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, as that term is defined by the United States Centers for Disease Control. Amateur Athletics: An amateur or other non-professional sporting, recreational, or athletic activity that is organized, sponsored and/or sanctioned, and/or involves regular or scheduled practices, games and/or competitions (collectively, “organized athletic activities”). This definition does not include non-organized athletic activities that are non-contact and engaged in by the Insured Person solely for recreational, entertainment or fitness purposes.
Application: The fully answered and signed individual or Family Application/enrollment form submitted by or on behalf of the Insured Person for acceptance into this insurance plan, which Application shall be incorporated in and become part of this Certificate. Any insurance agent/broker or other person or entity assigned to, soliciting, or assisting with the Application is the agent and representative of the applicant/Insured Person and is not and shall not be deemed or considered as an agent or representative for or on behalf of the Company or the Plan Administrator.
ARC: AIDS related complex, as that term is defined by the United States Centers for Disease Control.
Assured: The Global Medical Services Group Insurance Trust, c/o MutualWealth Management Group, Carmel, IN. 
Benefit Period: If a covered Injury or Illness requires continuing Treatment after the expiration of the Period of Coverage, a supplemental Benefit Period may provide continuing coverage for the covered Injury or Illness for up to thirty (30) continuous days, not to exceed $5,000, subject to the following: when the Period of Coverage expires while a covered Injury or Illness requires continuing Treatment, the Company will review and determine the date of initial Treatment for the covered Injury or Illness, and if such date is less than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the Period of Coverage, benefits for the covered Injury or Illness will continue until there has been at least thirty (30) days of continuous coverage for the covered Injury or Illness, subject to the limits and sub-limits set forth in the Schedule of Benefits/Limits, and subject to all other Terms of the plan.
Certificate: This document, including any Riders, as issued to the Insured Person, which describes and provides an outline and evidence of eligible insurance coverages and benefits payable to or for the benefit of the Insured Person under the Master Policy. The Application and the Declaration are incorporated herein by this reference and made a part hereof.
Coinsurance: The payment by or obligations of the Insured Person for payment of Eligible Medical Expenses at the percentage specified in the Schedule of Benefits/Limits contained herein, and exclusive of the applicable Deductible.
Common Carrier: A company or organization that holds itself out to the public as engaging in the business of transporting persons from place to place by air, rail, bus and/or sea for compensation, offering its scheduled services to the public generally, and is licensed by a recognized and approved government authority to transport fare-paying passengers. The term Common Carrier does not include taxi, motorcar, motorcycle, or limousine services, or transportation by animal or human means (for example, by horse, camel, elephant or rickshaw).
Company: The “Company,” as referred to in the Master Policy and this Certificate, is Sirius International Insurance Corporation (publ), headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. This insurance and its risks are underwritten by the Company as the insurer and carrier, and the Company is solely obligated and liable for the coverages and benefits provided by this insurance.
Congenital Disorder: Physical abnormality that is present at birth.
Custodial Care: Those types of Treatment, care or services, wherever furnished and by whatever name called, that are designed primarily to assist an individual in activities of daily life.
Declaration: The Declaration of Insurance issued by the Plan Administrator for and on behalf of the Company to the Insured Person contemporaneously with this Certificate evidencing the Insured Person’s insurance coverage under the Master Policy as evidenced by this Certificate, which Declaration shall be incorporated in and become a part of this Certificate.
Deductible: The dollar amount of Eligible Medical Expenses, as selected on the Application and specified in the Declaration, that the Insured Person must pay per Period of Coverage prior to receiving benefits or coverages under this insurance, and exclusive of Coinsurance.
Dental Treatment: Treatment or supplies relating to the care, maintenance or repair of teeth, gums or bones supporting the teeth, including dentures and preparation for dentures.
Dependent Child: A natural or adopted child of the named Insured Person or the named Insured Person’s spouse, who is unmarried and living with the named Insured Person and/or such Spouse, who is under the age of 18 years old but older than 14 days and otherwise eligible for this insurance pursuant to Section D, and who has been properly listed and identified on the Application and for whom the proper Premium has been timely paid.
Disabled: A person who has a congenital or acquired mental or physical defect that interferes with normal functioning of the body system or the ability to be self-sufficient.
Durable Medical Equipment (DME): Durable Medical Equipment shall mean exclusively the following items: a standard basic hospital bed; and/or a standard basic wheel chair.
Educational or Rehabilitative Care: Care for restoration (by education or training) of a person’s ability to function in a normal or near normal manner following an Illness or Injury. This type of care includes, but is not limited to, vocational or occupational therapy, and speech therapy.
Effective Date; Effective Date of Coverage: The date coverage for the Insured Person begins under the Terms of the Master Policy as evidenced by this Certificate, as indicated on the Declaration.
Eligible Medical Expenses: As defined in Section F, above.
Emergency: A medical condition manifesting itself by acute signs or symptoms which could reasonably result in placing the Insured Person’s life or limb in danger if medical attention is not provided within twenty-four (24) hours, based upon a reasonable medical certainty.
Emergency Medical Evacuation: Emergency transportation from the Hospital or medical facility where the Insured Person is located to a non-local Hospital or medical facility, recommended by the attending Physician who certifies to a reasonable medical certainty that the Insured Person has experienced
• a medical condition manifesting itself by acute signs or symptoms which could reasonably result in placing the Insured Person’s life or limb in danger if medical attention is not provided within twenty-four (24) hours; and
• where Medically Necessary Treatment cannot be provided locally, either in the facility of the attending Physician or another local facility.
EST: United States Eastern Standard Time.
Experimental: Any Treatment that includes completely new, untested drugs, procedures, or services, or the use of which is for a purpose other than the use for which they have previously been approved; new drug procedure or service combinations; and/or and/ or alternative therapies which are not generally accepted standards of current medical practice.
Extended Care Facility: An institution, or a distinct part of an institution, which is licensed as a Hospital, Extended Care Facility or rehabilitation facility by the state or country in which it operates; and is regularly engaged in providing 24-hour skilled nursing care under the regular supervision of a Physician and the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse; and maintains a daily record on each patient; and provides each patient with a planned program of observation prescribed by a Physician; and provides each patient with active Treatment of an Illness or Injury. Extended Care Facility does not include a facility primarily for rest, the aged, Substance Abuse, Custodial Care, nursing care, or for care of Mental or Nervous Disorders or the mentally incompetent.
Family: An Insured Person and his/her spouse who is covered as an insured person under this insurance plan and his/her natural Child or Children who are under the age of eighteen (18) and covered as insured persons under this insurance plan.
HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus, as that term is defined by the United States Centers of Disease Control.
HIV +: Laboratory evidence defined by the United States Centers for Disease Control as being positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection.
Home Country: For U.S. citizens, the Home Country is the United States. For non-U.S. citizens, the Home Country is the country of which the Insured Person is a citizen or national; including any country where the Insured Person maintains his/her primary residence or usual place of abode and any country of which the Insured Person is the possessor of a validly issued passport. In the event there is more than one home country under the above-listed criteria, the Home Country is the country meeting the above-listed criteria and listed by the Insured as his or her Home Country on the Application.
Home Health Care Agency: A public or private agency or one of its subdivisions, which operates pursuant to law; and is regularly engaged in providing Home Nursing Care under the supervision of a Registered Nurse; and maintains a daily record on each patient; and provides each patient with a planned program of observation and Treatment prescribed by a Physician.
Home Nursing Care: Services and/or Treatment provided by a Home Health Care Agency and supervised by a Registered Nurse, which are directed toward the personal care of a patient, provided always that such care is Medically Necessary and in lieu of Medically Necessary Inpatient care, and not primarily for Custodial Care or rehabilitative purposes.
Hospice: An institution which operates as a hospice; and is licensed by the state or country in which it operates; and operates primarily for the reception, care and palliative control of pain for terminally ill persons who have, as certified by a Physician, a life expectancy of not more than six (6) months.
Hospital: An institution which operates as a hospital pursuant to law; and is licensed by the state or country in which it operates; and operates primarily for the reception, care, and Treatment of sick or injured persons as Inpatients; and provides 24-hour nursing service by Registered Nurses on duty or call; and has a staff of one or more Physicians available at all times; and provides organized facilities and equipment for diagnosis and Treatment of acute medical, surgical or mental/nervous conditions on its premises; and is not primarily a long-term care facility, Extended Care Facility, nursing, rest, Custodial Care, or convalescent home, a place for the aged, drug addicts or abusers, alcoholics or runaways; or similar establishment.
Hospitalization; Hospitalized: Confined and/or treated in a Hospital as an Inpatient.
Host Country: The country or countries other than the Home Country that the Insured Person is traveling to/in.
Illness: A sickness, disorder, illness, pathology, abnormality, malady, morbidity, affliction, disability, defect, handicap, deformity, birth defect, congenital defect, symptomatology, syndrome, malaise, infection, infirmity, ailment, disease of any kind, or any other medical, physical or health condition. Provided, however, that Illness does not include learning disabilities, or attitudinal or disciplinary problems. All Illnesses that exist simultaneously or which arise subsequent to a prior Illness and which directly or indirectly relate to or result or arise from the same or related causes or as a consequence thereof or from one another are considered to be one Illness. Further, if a subsequent Illness results or arises from causes or consequences that are the same as or related to the causes or consequences of a prior Illness, the subsequent Illness will be deemed to be a continuation of the prior Illness and not a separate Illness.
Injury: Bodily injury resulting or arising directly from an Accident. All Injuries resulting or arising from the same Accident shall be deemed to be one Injury.
Inpatient: A person who is an overnight resident patient of a Hospital, using and being charged for room and board.
Insured Person: The person named as the Insured Person on the Declaration.
Intensive Care Unit: A cardiac care unit or other unit or area of a Hospital that meets the required standards of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations for Special Care Units.
Investigational: Treatment that includes drugs not yet released for distribution by the US Food and Drug Administration and/or procedures or services which are still in the clinical stages of evaluation.
Local Ambulance Transport; Local Ambulance Expense: Transportation and accompanying care provided by designated professional emergency personnel from the location of an accident or acute illness to a Hospital or other appropriate health care facility. Local ambulance transport does not include subsequent inter-facility transfers of admitted patients.
Master Policy: The applicable Master Policy for Patriot Multi TripSM short-term medical insurance for citizens traveling outside of their Home Country, as issued on an annual basis by the Company to the Assured, and under which insurance coverage and benefits are provided by the Company to the Insured Person, subject to the Terms thereof, and as outlined and evidenced by this Certificate and subject to the Terms hereof. The Company, as insurance carrier and underwriter of the Master Policy, is solely liable and responsible for the coverages and benefits provided thereunder.
Maximum Limit: The cumulative total dollar amount of benefit payments and/or reimbursements available to an Insured Person under this insurance during the Insured Person’s Period of Coverage. When the Maximum Limit is reached, no further benefits, reimbursements or payments will be available under this insurance during the Insured Person’s Period of Coverage.
Medically Necessary; Medical Necessity: A Treatment, service, medicine or supply which is necessary and appropriate for the diagnosis or Treatment of an Illness or Injury based on generally accepted standards of current medical practice as determined by the Company. By way of example but not limitation, a service, Treatment, medicine or supply will not be considered Medically Necessary or a Medical Necessity if it is provided or obtained only as a convenience to the Insured Person or his/her provider; and/or if it is not necessary or appropriate for the Insured Person’s Treatment, diagnosis or symptoms; and/or if it exceeds (in scope, duration or intensity) that level of care which is needed to provide safe, adequate, and appropriate diagnosis or Treatment.
Mental or Nervous Disorders: Any mental, nervous, or emotional Illness which generally denotes an Illness of the brain with predominant behavioral symptoms; or an Illness of the mind or personality, evidenced by abnormal behavior; or an Illness or disorder of conduct evidenced by socially deviant behavior. Mental or Nervous Disorders include without limitation: psychosis; depression; schizophrenia; bipolar affective disorder; learning disabilities and attitudinal or disciplinary problems; any disease or condition, regardless of whether the cause is organic, that is classified as a Mental Disorder in the current edition of the International Classification of Diseases as published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and those psychiatric and other mental Illnesses listed in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association. For purposes of this insurance, Mental or Nervous Disorder does not include Substance Abuse.
Mortal Remains: The bodily remains or ashes of an Insured Person.
Newborn: An infant from the moment of birth through the first thirty-one (31) days of life.
Other Coverage: As defined in Section B(10), above.
Outpatient: A person who receives Medically Necessary Treatment by a Physician or other healthcare provider that does not require an overnight stay in a Hospital.
Period of Coverage: The period beginning on the Effective Date of Coverage of this Certificate and ending on the earliest of the following dates: a) the termination date specified in the Declaration, or b) the termination date as determined in accordance with Section B(18), above. The Period of Coverage can be no more than twelve (12) consecutive months.
Physician: A duly licensed practitioner of the medical arts. A Physician must be currently licensed by the state or country in which the services are provided, and the services must be within the scope of that license.
Plan Administrator: The Plan Administrator for this insurance is International Medical Group®, Inc., 2960 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46208 Telephone Number 317/655-4500, or 1-800-628-4664, Fax Number 317/655-4505, Website: http://www.imglobal.com, Email: info@imglobal.com. As the Plan Administrator, International Medical Group, Inc., acts solely as the disclosed and authorized agent and representative for and on behalf of the Company, and does not have, and shall not be deemed, considered or alleged to have any, direct, indirect, joint, several, separate, individual, or independent liability, responsibility or obligation of any kind under the Master Policy, the Declaration, or this Certificate to the Insured Person or to any other person or entity, including without limitation to any Physician, Hospital, Extended Care Facility, Home Health Care Agency, or any other health care or medical service provider or supplier.
Pre-certification; Pre-certify: A general determination of Medical Necessity, only, made by the Company in reliance and based upon the completeness and accuracy of the information provided by the Insured Person and/or the Insured Person’s healthcare or medical service providers, guardians, Relatives and/or proxies at the time thereof. Pre-certification is not an assurance, authorization, pre-authorization or verification of coverage, a verification of benefits, or a guarantee of payment. See Section E, above, for further details.
Pre-existing Condition: Any Injury, Illness, sickness, disease, or other physical, medical, Mental or Nervous Disorder, condition or ailment that, with reasonable medical certainty, existed at the time of Application or at any time during the three years prior to the Effective Date of this insurance, whether or not previously manifested, symptomatic or known, diagnosed, Treated, or disclosed to the Company prior to the Effective Date, and including any and all subsequent, chronic or recurring complications or consequences related thereto or resulting or arising therefrom.
Premium: The premium payments required to effectuate and maintain the Insured Person’s insurance coverage and benefits under this insurance, in the amounts and at the times (“Due Dates”) established by the Company in its sole discretion from time to time.
Pregnancy;Pregnant: The process of growth and development within a woman’s reproductive organs of a new individual from the time of conception through the phases where the embryo grows and fetus develops to birth.
Professional Athletics: A sport activity, including practice, preparation, and actual sporting events, for any individual or organized team that is a member of a recognized professional sports organization, is directly supported or sponsored by a professional team or professional sports organization, is a member of a playing league that is directly supported or sponsored by a professional team or professional sports organization; or has any athlete receiving for his or her participation any kind of payment or compensation, directly or indirectly, from a professional team or professional sports organization.
Registered Nurse: A graduate nurse who has been registered or licensed to practice by a State Board of Nurse Examiners or other state authority, and who is legally entitled to place the letters “R.N.” after his or her name.
Relative: A parent, legal guardian, spouse, son, daughter, or immediate family member of the Insured Person.
Rider: Any exhibit, schedule, attachment, amendment, endorsement, Rider or other document attached to, issued in connection with, or otherwise expressly made a part of or applicable to, the Master Policy, this Certificate, the Declaration, or the Application, as the case may be.
Routine Physical Exam: Examination of the physical body by a Physician for preventative or informative purposes only, and not for the Treatment of any previously manifested, symptomatic, diagnosed or known Illness or Injury.
Schedule of Benefits/Limits: The summarized schedule of benefits, coverages, limits and sub-limits as set forth for ease of reference in Section C of this Certificate, all of which are subject to the full Terms of this insurance.
Self-inflicted: Action or inaction by the Insured Person that the Insured Person consciously understands will or may cause or contribute, directly or indirectly, to his or her personal Injury or Illness. Self-inflicted specifically includes failure of an Insured Person to follow his or her doctor’s orders, complete prescriptions as directed, or follow any health care protocol or procedures designed to return or maintain his or her health.
Substance Abuse: Alcohol, drug or chemical abuse, misuse, illegal use, overuse or dependency.
Surgery or Surgical Procedure: An invasive diagnostic or surgical procedure; or the Treatment of Illness or Injury by manual or instrumental operations performed by a Physician while the patient is under general or local anesthesia.
Telemedicine: Telemedicine is the use of medical information (beyond a verbal history) exchanged from one healthcare provider site to another via electronic communications to improve patients’ health status. Videoconferencing, transmission of still images, and remote monitoring of vital signs are all considered part of Telemedicine. Telemedicine services that would be considered for Medical Necessity and appropriateness by the Company under the plan would include without limit:
• Specialist referral services which typically involves of a specialist assisting a general practitioner in rendering a diagnosis to guide Treatment.
• Patient consultations using telecommunications to provide medical data, which may include audio, still or live images, between a patient and a Physician or other healthcare provider for use in rendering a diagnosis and Treatment plan. This might originate from a remote clinic to a Physician’s office using a direct transmission link or may include communicating over the internet.
• Remote patient monitoring uses devices to remotely collect and send data from a medical facility to a monitoring station for interpretation. Such applications might include a specific vital sign, such as blood glucose or heart ECG.
Terms: Terms, provisions, conditions, definitions, limits, sub-limits, limitations, wordings, restrictions, qualifications and/or exclusions.
Terrorism: Criminal acts, including against civilians, committed with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or taking of hostages, with the purpose to provide a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particular persons, intimidate a population, or compel a government of international organization to do or to abstain from doing an act.
Travel Warning: Published statement or web-site document issued by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs or similar government agency of the Insured Person’s Home Country, warning that travel to specific identified countries is hazardous and is not advised.
Treated; Treatment: Any and all undertakings, services and/or procedures rendered or employed with respect to the management and/or care of an Insured Person for the purpose of identifying, testing for, analyzing, diagnosing, treating, curing, resolving, preventing, monitoring, attending to, caring for, controlling and/or combating any Illness or Injury or the symptoms or manifestations thereof, including without limitation: verbal or written advice, consultation, examination, discussion, diagnostic or laboratory testing or evaluation of any kind, pharmacotherapy or other medication, and/or Surgery.
Unexpected: Sudden, unintentional, not expected, and unforeseen.
Usual, Reasonable and Customary: A typical and reasonable amount of reimbursement for similar services, medicines, or supplieswithintheareainwhichthechargeisincurred. Indeterminingthetypicalandreasonableamountofreimbursement,the Company may, in its reasonable discretion, consider one or more of the following factors, without limitation: the amount charged by the provider; the amount charged by similar providers or providers in the same or similar locality; the amount reimbursed by other payors for the same or comparable services, medicines or supplies in the same or similar locality; the amount reimbursed by other payors for the same or comparable services, medicines or supplies in other parts of the country; the cost to the provider of providing the service, medicine or supply; the level of skill, extent of training, and experience required to perform the procedure or service; the length of time required to perform the procedure or service as compared to the length of time required to perform other similar services; the length of time required to perform the procedure or service as compared to national standards and/or benchmarks; the severity or nature of the Illness or Injury being treated; and such other factors as the Company, in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, determines are appropriate.