{"id":113099,"date":"2021-06-17T08:27:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T08:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=113099"},"modified":"2022-12-19T06:09:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T06:09:41","slug":"settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"

An agreement made by the parties to end a dispute or lawsuit before (or during) the hearing or trial, without a formal adjudication (decision by the arbitrator, judge, jury, or other decisionmaker) of the merits of the dispute. The term “settlement” is also sometimes used to refer to the specific terms of the agreement (such as the amount of money to be paid).<\/p>\n

\n

In health insurance, payment to the policyholder for claims made against the insurance company.<\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An agreement made by the parties to end a dispute or lawsuit before (or during) the hearing or trial, without a formal adjudication (decision by the arbitrator, judge, jury, or other decisionmaker) of the merits of the dispute. The term “settlement” is also sometimes used to refer to the specific terms of the agreement (such […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-s"],"yoast_head":"\nSettlement - Definition of Settlement<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An agreement made by the parties to end a dispute or lawsuit before (or during) the hearing or trial, without a formal adjudication (decision by the arbitrator, judge, jury, or other decisionmaker) of the merits of the dispute. The term "settlement" is also sometimes used to refer to the specific terms of the agreement (such as the amount of money to be paid).In health insurance, payment to the policyholder for claims made against the insurance company.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/settlement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Settlement - Definition of Settlement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An agreement made by the parties to end a dispute or lawsuit before (or during) the hearing or trial, without a formal adjudication (decision by the arbitrator, judge, jury, or other decisionmaker) of the merits of the dispute. The term "settlement" is also sometimes used to refer to the specific terms of the agreement (such as the amount of money to be paid).In health insurance, payment to the policyholder for claims made against the insurance company.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/settlement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-17T08:27:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-19T06:09:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/settlement\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/settlement\/\",\"name\":\"Settlement - Definition of Settlement\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-17T08:27:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-19T06:09:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\"},\"description\":\"An agreement made by the parties to end a dispute or lawsuit before (or during) the hearing or trial, without a formal adjudication (decision by the arbitrator, judge, jury, or other decisionmaker) of the merits of the dispute. The term \\\"settlement\\\" is also sometimes used to refer to the specific terms of the agreement (such as the amount of money to be paid).In health insurance, payment to the policyholder for claims made against the insurance company.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/settlement\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/settlement\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/settlement\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Settlement\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"description\":\"Difinitions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Settlement - Definition of Settlement","description":"An agreement made by the parties to end a dispute or lawsuit before (or during) the hearing or trial, without a formal adjudication (decision by the arbitrator, judge, jury, or other decisionmaker) of the merits of the dispute. The term \"settlement\" is also sometimes used to refer to the specific terms of the agreement (such as the amount of money to be paid).In health insurance, payment to the policyholder for claims made against the insurance company.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/settlement\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Settlement - Definition of Settlement","og_description":"An agreement made by the parties to end a dispute or lawsuit before (or during) the hearing or trial, without a formal adjudication (decision by the arbitrator, judge, jury, or other decisionmaker) of the merits of the dispute. The term \"settlement\" is also sometimes used to refer to the specific terms of the agreement (such as the amount of money to be paid).In health insurance, payment to the policyholder for claims made against the insurance company.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/settlement\/","og_site_name":"Glossary","article_published_time":"2021-06-17T08:27:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-12-19T06:09:41+00:00","author":"Glossary","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glossary","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/settlement\/","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/settlement\/","name":"Settlement - Definition of Settlement","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-06-17T08:27:51+00:00","dateModified":"2022-12-19T06:09:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5"},"description":"An agreement made by the parties to end a dispute or lawsuit before (or during) the hearing or trial, without a formal adjudication (decision by the arbitrator, judge, jury, or other decisionmaker) of the merits of the dispute. The term \"settlement\" is also sometimes used to refer to the specific terms of the agreement (such as the amount of money to be paid).In health insurance, payment to the policyholder for claims made against the insurance company.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/settlement\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/settlement\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/settlement\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Settlement"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/","name":"Glossary","description":"Difinitions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5","name":"Glossary","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113099"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199699,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113099\/revisions\/199699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}