Primary Care Physician Sample Clauses

Primary Care Physician. The covered employee, and eligible spouse, agrees to have their HRA results shared with their primary care physician by signing the appropriate release with the party administering the HRA.
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Primary Care Physician. This is the Preferred Care Provider who is: • Selected by a covered person from the list of primary care physicians in xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx; • Responsible for the covered person's on-going health care; and • Shown on Aetna's records as the covered person's primary care physician. For purposes of this definition, a primary care physician also includes the School Health Services. Provider: This is any recognized health care professional, pharmacy or facility providing services with the scope of their license. This is an institution that meets all of the following requirements. • Mainly provides a program for the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of substance abuse or mental disorders; • Is not mainly a school or a custodial, recreational or training institution; • Provides infirmary-level medical services. Also, it provides, or arranges with a hospital in the area for, any other medical service that may be required; • Is supervised full-time by a psychiatrist who is responsible for patient care and is there regularly; • Is staffed by psychiatrists involved in care and treatment; • Has a psychiatrist present during the whole treatment day; • Provides, at all times, psychiatric social work and nursing services; • Provides, at all times, skilled nursing services by licensed nurses who are supervised by a full-time R.N.; • Prepares and maintains a written plan of treatment for each patient based on medical, psychological and social needs. The plan must be supervised by a psychiatrist; • Makes charges; • Meets licensing standards.
Primary Care Physician licensed physician who provides both the first contact for a person with an undiagnosed health concern as well as continuing care of varied medical conditions with specialties in general practice, family practice, internal medicine, obstetrics, gynecology, and pediatrics. A Primary Care Physician may be a Primary Care Provider.
Primary Care Physician. Molina shall ensure that an appropriate Primary Care Physician is available for each Molina Member. A Molina Member may select a Primary Care Physician or Foundation may assign a Molina Member to a Primary Care Physician.
Primary Care Physician a general or family medical practitioner licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 who is the physician who is engaged in providing primary health care services to the patient.
Primary Care Physician. A licensed practitioner of medicine contracted by PLAN to provide services to Members under the CDH Plans who is designated for each Member as a primary care physician. The CDH plan is open access and a Member is not required to obtain a referral from their Primary Care Physician to have access to other network providers.
Primary Care Physician. (1) You must designate a Primary Care Physician for each Covered Person. If you do not select a Primary Care Physician we will assign one. (2) The Covered Person’s Primary Care Physician will be responsible for coordinating Covered Services and making referrals to other Participating Providers. A Covered Person does not need a referral from his/her Primary Care Physician for obstetrical or gynecological treatment from a Participating Provider. A Covered Person may seek care directly from an obstetrician or gynecologist that is a Participating Provider. For all other Providers, the Covered Person must obtain a referral from his/her Primary Care Physician to obtain benefits for Covered Services under this Contract. (3) You may change the selection of a Primary care Physician no more frequently than once each month. A Covered Person may change his/her Primary Care Physician by submitting a written request, online at xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxxxxx, or by contacting us at the number shown on your Identification Card. A change in Primary Care Physician selection will be effective no later than thirty (30) days from the date we receive a request.
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Primary Care Physician.  To reply to the request from UHB specialist for shared care as soon as possible taking into account the extent of the care they are asked to be involved in e.g. prescribing of Denosumab, administering the Denosumab injection, storage of Denosumab, monitoring of treatment and/or patient's condition. This should ideally be done within 10 working days of receiving the request for shared care.  To report to and receive advice from the UHB specialist on any aspect of patient care that is of concern.  To prescribe and administer denosumab injection at six monthly intervals for 5 years (or as specified by UHB specialist).  To ensure practice system is set-up to recall patient at six month interval. This should include checking patient’s serum Calcium and Vitamin D levels prior to the administration of denosumab.  To ensure that patient is calcium and Vitamin D replete prior to administering denosumab.  To ensure that other osteoporosis treatments (e.g. alendronate, risedronate, ibandronate, strontium) are stopped and removed from the patient’s repeat prescription.  To ensure that a system is set up to order denosumab. Order from primary care can be placed directly with Movianto (see Section 6 for contact details).  To ensure practice arrangements are made to ensure that denosumab is stored in a vaccine refrigerator - temperatures monitored daily. If a practice refrigerator is not available, the practice should consider drawing up a protocol with a local pharmacy(ies) for denosumab prescriptions so that the patient is not required to make multiple journeys.  To report any adverse events to the specialist and the MHRA xxxx://xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xx/). Denosumab is a black triangle product.  To refer the patient back to UHB specialist if the patient's condition deteriorates and/or if patient experience any adverse reactions. Particular attention should be paid to symptoms of hypocalcaemia, skin infections (especially cellulitis), osteonecrosis of the jaw and adverse reactions listed as 'common' in the Denosumab SPC.  To refer the patient back to UHB specialist at the end of Year 5 of treatment for review.  To arrange DXA bone scan at the end of Year 5 of treatment (prior to patient’s outpatient appointment at UHB) and send copy of the report to the UHB specialist.
Primary Care Physician. A Physician who supervises, coordinates and provides initial care and basic medical services as a general or family care practitioner, or in some cases, as an internist or a pediatrician to Members; initiates their referral for specialist care and maintains continuity of patient care.
Primary Care PhysicianPhysician Group agrees that each Enrollee will select or be assigned a Primary Care Physician. Group will determine that Primary Care Physicians are trained and have experience in dealing with the medical problems frequently encountered in elderly individuals. Primary Care Physician shall be responsible for the provision, coordination, referral and authorization of Covered Services in accordance with the Utilization Review Program and prevailing standards of medical practice.
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