Balance billing may occur when a patient receives a bill for an episode of care previously believed to be in-network and therefore covered by the insurance company, or when an insurance company contributes less money than expected for a medical service.
Griffin Name Meaning. Welsh: from a medieval Latinized form, Griffinus, of the Welsh personal name Gruffudd (see Griffith). English: nickname for a fierce or dangerous person, from Middle English griffin âgryphonâ (from Latin gryphus, Greek gryps, of Assyrian origin). Irish: Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Ã³ GrÃ­obhtha âdescendant of GrÃ­obhthaâ, a personal name from grÃ­obh âgryphonâ.
This interesting surname is of Old French origin, and is an ethnic name for someone from France. The country was so named from the Franks (i.e. the free men), a confederacy of German tribes who fought with the Romans over a long period before finally settling in Gaul in the 5th Century.he first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Hugo Francus, which was dated 1135, in the Cartulary of Oseney Abbey, Oxfordshire, during the reign of King Henry 1, known as The Lion of Justice, 1100 - 1135.