Common use of ATTENDING PHYSICIAN Clause in Contracts

ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. The physician who has the primary responsibility for the medical diagnosis and treatment of the patient. A consultant or an assist- ant surgeon, for example, would not be an attending physician. Under very ex- traordinary circumstances, because of the presence of complex, serious, and multiple, but unrelated, medical condi- tions, a patient may have more than one attending physician concurrently rendering medical treatment during a single period of time. An attending physician also may be a teaching phy- sician. Augmentative communication device (ACD). A voice prosthesis as deter- mined by the Secretary of Defense to be necessary because of significant conditions resulting from trauma, con- genital anomalies, or disease. Also re- ferred to as Speech Generating Device. Authorized provider. A hospital or in- stitutional provider, physician, or other individual professional provider, or other provider of services or supplies specifically authorized to provide bene- fits under CHAMPUS in § 199.6 of this part.