Emergency or Urgently Needed Care Sample Clauses

Emergency or Urgently Needed Care. 1. In the event a complaint requires specific action, and the Member or HMO believes serious medical consequences will arise in the near future, within up to 15 days from HMO’s denial to pay for the provision of allegedly Medically Necessary covered health services, the Member shall receive expedited review of their complaint. 2. In the event the issue is of an emergent nature, an HMO Medical Director shall review the matter as soon as possible or within 48 hours, and communicate a decision to the Member by telephone. 3. In the event the issue is of an urgent nature, an HMO Medical Director shall review the matter and make a determination within 96 hours of receipt. 4. An adverse decision by a Medical Director in either an emergent or urgent medical situation shall be immediately reviewed by an HMO Regional Medical Director or his designee. The decision of the Regional Medical Director shall be provided to the Member by telephone and confirmed in writing.
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Emergency or Urgently Needed Care. CHA PACE covers emergency or urgent care within the United States (only) when you are temporarily out of the service area for a period up to 30 days. If you are out of CHA PACE service area for more than 30 consecutive days, you will be automatically disenrolled, pending MassHealth review and final determination, unless prior arrangements have been approved. • the care you receive is needed as a result of an unforeseen illness, injury or condition • your illness or injury requires medical attention to prevent serious deterioration in your health • you cannot delay necessary medical attention until you return to the service area Prior authorization is not needed for emergency care. However, out of area urgently needed services do require that CHA PACE provide authorization. If CHA PACE does not respond to a request for approval of urgent care within one hour after being contacted, it is deemed authorized. If you are hospitalized when you are out of the service area, you should notify CHA PACE as soon as possible. If you have paid for the emergency or urgent medical services you received out of the CHA PACE area, you should request a receipt from the facility or physician involved. This receipt must show the physician’s name, date of treatment and release, and charges. Please send a copy of the receipt to CHA PACE at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Cambridge, MA 02141 for reimbursement. CHA PACE will not bill CMS or MassHealth for any costs associated with emergency care. CHA PACE does not cover medical care provided outside the United States. Please call CHA PACE, (000) 000-0000, with questions and for exceptions. • Cosmetic surgery unless required for improved functioning of a malformed part of the body resulting from an accidental injury or for reconstruction following mastectomy. • Experimental, medical, surgical or other health treatments or procedures not generally accepted medical practice in the geographic area, as determined by CHA PACE Medical Director. • Any services rendered outside the United States, with exceptions. Please contact CHA PACE at (000) 000-0000. Before you leave the CHA PACE service area, you should notify CHA PACE. CHA PACE will explain what to do if you become ill or injured while away from the CHA PACE service area. If you are hospitalized when you are out of the CHA PACE service area, you should notify CHA PACE within 48 hours or as soon as it is reasonably possible to do so. • At least 55 years of age. • Capable of safely residing in the com...
Emergency or Urgently Needed Care. 1. In the event a complaint requires specific action, and the Member or HMO believes serious medical consequences will arise in the near future, or the Member’s ability to regain maximum function is jeopardized, the Member may request an expedited review of their complaint. The HMO in consultation with an HMO Medical Director shall provide an expedited review and HMO shall communicate its decision in writing to the Member and the Member’s Provider within 4 days after receiving information justifying the expedited appeal. If the expedited review is a concurrent review determination, HMO shall remain liable for the coverage of health care services until the Member has been notified of the determination. HMO is not required to provide an expedited review for retrospective noncertifications. 2. In the event the issue is of an emergent nature, an HMO Medical Director shall review the matter as soon as possible or within 48 hours, and communicate a decision to the Member by telephone. 3. In the event the issue is of an urgent nature, an HMO Medical Director shall review the matter and make a determination within 96 hours of receipt. 4. An adverse decision by a Medical Director in either an emergent or urgent medical situation shall be immediately reviewed by an HMO Regional Medical Director or his designee. The decision of the Regional Medical Director shall be provided to the Member by telephone and confirmed in writing.

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  • Emergency Care If you need emergency care, call 911 or go to the nearest hospital emergency room. If you are traveling outside our service area and need urgent care, call the Customer Service number provided in the chart above or visit our website and use the “Find A Doctor” feature to find a BlueCard provider.

  • Emergency Services The parties recognize that in the event of a strike or lockout, situations may arise of an emergency nature. To this end, the Employer and the Union will agree to provide services of an emergency nature.

  • Emergency Operations 6:01 In the event of an emergency which could endanger the health or safety of the public, employees shall unite to meet the emergency and shall, until the danger has been brought under control, perform such duties as may be required of them regardless of their occupation.

  • Emergency Overtime In the event of an emergency as defined in Section 13.15 notwithstanding the terms of this Article, the Agency Head or designee may assign someone to temporarily meet the emergency requirements, regardless of the overtime distribution.

  • EMERGENCY SERVICE If you are unable to reach Administrator at 877.634.0964 and you require emergency repair, you may contact any manufacturer authorized service repair facility listed in Your phone book or online. Mail Administrator Your original repair bill along with the technician’s report and a copy of the Agreement to the address at the top of this Agreement for reimbursement. All coverage and exclusions in this Agreement will apply.

  • Emergency A circumstance requiring immediate action; a sudden, unexpected happening; an unforeseen occurrence or condition.

  • Emergency Service Leave Where employees' services are required for emergency operations by request from Provincial Emergency Programs or appropriate police authority, leave from work as required may be granted without loss of basic pay. If any remuneration, other than for expenses, is received, it shall be remitted to the Employer.

  • Emergency Standby for Goods and/or Services If any Federal or State official, having authority to do so, declares an emergency or the occurrence of a natural disaster within the State of Connecticut, DAS and the Client Agency may request the Goods and Services on an expedited and prioritized basis. Upon receipt of such a request the Contractor shall make all necessary and appropriate commercially reasonable efforts to reallocate its staffing and other resources in order to give primary preference to Performing this Contract ahead of or prior to fulfilling, in whole or in part, any other contractual obligations that the Contractor may have. The Contractor is not obligated to make those efforts to Perform on an expedited and prioritized basis in accordance with this paragraph if doing so will make the Contractor materially breach any other contractual obligations that the Contractor may have. Contractor shall acknowledge receipt of any request made pursuant to this paragraph within 2 hours from the time that the Contractor receives it via purchase order or through a request to make an expedited or prioritized purchase through the State of Connecticut Purchasing Card (MasterCard) Program (the “P-Card Program”). If the Contractor fails to acknowledge receipt within 2 hours, confirm its obligation to Perform or actually Perform, as set forth in the purchase order or through the P-Card Program, then DAS and the Client Agency may procure the Performance from another source without further notice to Contractor and without creating any right of recourse at law or in equity against DAS or Client Agency.

  • Emergency Services Leave (a) An Employee who engages in a voluntary emergency management activity is entitled to be absent without loss of pay from his or her employment for a total of 5 days per annum commencing at the start of each calendar year. For the avoidance of doubt, any days not utilised by the Employee by the end of the calendar year, do not carry over into the subsequent year. (b) Voluntary emergency management activity has the meaning provided by the FWA.

  • Emergency Medical Condition a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity (including severe pain) that a prudent layperson, who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine, could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in the following: a) Placing the health of the individual (or, with respect to a pregnant woman, the health of the woman or her unborn child) in serious jeopardy; b) Serious impairment to bodily functions; or c) Serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part.

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