Common use of Primary Care Coordination Clause in Contracts

Primary Care Coordination. PROVIDER must assure that substance use disorder treatment services are coordinated with primary health care. Treatment files must include the physician’s name and address, a signed waiver release or a statement that the consumer refused to sign.

Primary Care Coordination. PROVIDER must assure that substance use disorder treatment services are coordinated with primary health care. Treatment files must include the physician’s name and address, a signed waiver release or a statement that the consumer refused to sign. PROVIDER must ensure that anyone who does not have a primary care physician will be provided a referral for a primary care physician and document the referral in the treatment file.

Primary Care Coordination. PROVIDER must assure that substance use disorder treatment services are coordinated with primary health care. Treatment files must include the physician’s name and address, a signed waiver release or a statement that the consumer refused to sign. PROVIDER must ensure that anyone who does not have a primary care physician will be provided a referral for a primary care physician and document the referral in the treatment file. To demonstrate primary care coordination, PROVIDER will minimally send a communication to the physician notifying them of the person receiving SUD services and have documented attempts to coordinate physical/medical care needs with the physician, as appropriate in the persons agency record.