Covering provider definition

Covering provider means a provider designated by the primary care provider to render health care services in the temporary absence of the primary provider.
Covering provider means a Provider who provides health care items and services to another Provider’s patients when the other Provider is not available.
Covering provider means a provider designated by the primary provider to render health

Examples of Covering provider in a sentence

  • Covering provider shall be available to Patient to the same extent as would the Physician unless otherwise specified.

  • Covering provider availability is subject to the individual practice of such provider.


More Definitions of Covering provider

Covering provider means a Participating Provider or, with the prior approval of a Payer, a healthcare practitioner who is not a Participating Provider, who provides Covered Services to Enrollees for or on behalf of Provider during an emergency or temporary unavailability.