Physician-Patient Relationship. Authorizing Physician must have a physician-patient relationship with each patient under 14 years of age referred to Pharmacist. This requirement does not apply to an influenza vaccination administered by Pharmacist to a patient over seven years of age.
Physician-Patient Relationship. PacifiCare and Medical Group acknowledge and agree that Medical Group or each of Medical Group’s Participating Providers shall maintain the physician-patient relationship with each Medical Group Member. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to interfere with such physician-patient relationship. Nothing in this Agreement shall be interpreted to discourage or prohibit Medical Group and its Participating Providers from discussing treatment options or providing other medical advice or treatment deemed appropriate by Medical Group or its Participating Providers. Medical Group or its Participating Providers shall have the sole responsibility for the medical care and treatment of Medical Group Members.
Physician-Patient Relationship. Physician shall have the sole right and responsibility to create and maintain a physician/patient relationship with each Covered Person that Physician treats. Physician shall be solely responsible for all aspects of medical care and treatment of each Covered Person that Physician treats within the scope of Physician’s professional competence and license, including the quality and levels of care and treatment that the Physician furnishes each Covered Person. Physician acknowledges that Physician has an independent responsibility to provide medical care to Covered Persons and that no action by CDA or a Payor shall absolve Physician of the responsibility to provide appropriate medical care to Covered Persons that the Physician treats.
Physician-Patient Relationship. Health Plan and Medical Group acknowledge and agree that Medical Group or each of Medical Group's Participating Providers shall maintain the physician-patient relationship with each Member. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to interfere with such physician-patient relationship. Nothing in this Agreement shall be interpreted to discourage or prohibit Medical Group and its Participating Providers from discussing treatment options or providing other medical advice or treatment deemed appropriate by Medical Group or its Participating Providers. Medical Group or its Participating Providers shall have the sole responsibility for the medical care and treatment of Members.
Physician-Patient Relationship. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any Policy, a Provider shall retain sole responsibility for medical decision-making with regard to a specific patient. Nothing in this Agreement or any Policy shall be interpreted to supplant, interfere with, or impose restrictions on the traditional physician-patient relationship. No Policy shall substitute for or take precedence over any Provider’s duty to render care within the standard of care and all applicable legal duties and regulatory requirements.
Physician-Patient Relationship. It shall be the sole right and responsibility of Physician to create and maintain a physician/patient relationship with each Covered Person that Physician treats, and Physician shall be solely responsible for all aspects of medical care and treatment of each Covered Person within the scope of Physician's professional competence and license, including the quality and levels of such care and treatment. Physician acknowledges that he/she has an independent responsibility to provide medical care to Covered Persons and that any action by MPP or a Payor, in no way absolves Physician of the responsibility to provide appropriate medical care to Covered Persons.
Physician-Patient Relationship. It shall be the sole right and responsibility of Physician Group and the Physician Group Participating Physicians to create and maintain a physician/patient relationship with each Covered Person that Physician Group treats, and Physician Group and the Physician Group Participating Physicians shall be solely responsible to each such Covered Person for all aspects of medical care and treatment within the scope of a physician’s professional competence and license, including the quality and levels of such care and treatment.
Physician-Patient Relationship. VIVA Health recognizes that the physician-patient relationship is a personal relationship. However, if a Covered Person is dissatisfied with his/her Primary Care Physician, the Covered Person may be allowed to switch to another Primary Care Physician under the terms of the applicable Plan, and Physician shall not hinder or interfere with such change. Further, if a Covered Person seeks referral to a Specialty Care Physician or a Plan Provider in a Plan requiring such a referral and Physician does not concur with the Covered Person's request or the referral is otherwise denied, Physician agrees that the Covered Person or the Specialty Care Physician may contact VIVA Health directly to request such referral. The Medical Director, or his/her designee, on behalf of VIVA Health and after appropriate review in accordance with Plan policies and protocols and applicable law, shall make written approval or denial of such request for referral. If the request for referral is approved, the Medical Director, or his/her designee, may make a direct referral for the Covered Person.
Physician-Patient Relationship. PHE shall, and shall cause Medical Group ------------------------------ to, require in their Provider Agreements that each PHE Provider acknowledge and agree that such PHE Provider is solely responsible for all decisions regarding the medical care and treatment of Covered Persons and that the traditional relationship between physician and patient shall in no way be affected by the terms of this Agreement, the Medical Services Agreement or the Provider Agreement, notwithstanding the fact that the Plan is ultimately responsible for determinations concerning claims, Utilization Management, coverage and benefit payment issues. Any determination by the Plan or PHE denying approval for a particular health care service shall not relieve said Provider from providing or recommending such service if it deems it appropriate.
Physician-Patient Relationship. Employer and Employee recognize the fact that Employee's treatment of patients as an employee of Employer shall not affect the Physician-Patient privilege. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to modify the Chiropractor-Patient privilege or the confidential relationship between a chiropractor and his patients as specified by law. Employer shall not impose employment duties or constraints of any kind that would require Employee to violate the ethics applicable to the practice of chiropractic services or violate any ordinance or law.
