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Direct primary care definition

Direct primary care means a primary medical care
Direct primary care means any private contract between a provider and consumer for services associated with that provider.
Direct primary care means any private contract between a provider and consumer for

Examples of Direct primary care in a sentence

  • Direct primary care provider" means an individual who is a licensed physician or osteopathic physician or other advanced health care practitioner who is authorized to engage in independent medical practice in this State, who is qualified to provide primary care services and who chooses to practice direct primary care by entering into a direct primary care service agreement with patients.

  • Direct primary care (DPC) is a primary care medical practice model that eliminates third party payers from the primary care provider-patient relationship.

  • Direct primary care: an innovative alternative to conventional health insurance.

  • The model bill provides the following: Direct primary care practices may not decline to accept new direct primary care patients or discontinue care to existing patients solely because of the patient’s health status.

  • Direct primary care is a primary care medical practice model that eliminates third party payers from the provider-patient relationship.

  • Direct primary care arrangements, as defined in the proposed regulations, may encompass a broad range of facts.

  • Direct primary care: practice distribution and cost across the nation.

  • Direct primary care practices claim to reduce expenses by more than 40 percent by eliminating administrative staff resources associated with third-party costs.2 In 2014, the American Academy of Private Physicians (AAPP) estimated that approximately 5,500 physicians operate under some type of direct financial relationship with their patients, outside of standard insurance coverage.

  • Direct primary care practices may not decline to accept a new direct primary care patient or discontinue care to an existing patient solely because of the patient's health status.

  • Ms. Menard stated that the deadline is upon implementation of TROA.


More Definitions of Direct primary care

Direct primary care means a primary medical care service provided by a physician to a patient in return for payment in accordance with a direct fee. The term includes telemedicine medical services and telehealth services, as those terms are defined by Section 111.001, provided using a technology platform.
Direct primary care means a primary medical care service provided by a physician to a patient in return for payment in accordance with a direct fee.
Direct primary care means the provision of comprehensive primary healthcare services to patients for a recurring fee rather than individually itemized fixed fees for service for primary care services.

Related to Direct primary care

  • Direct access means access to a patient or resident or to a patient's or resident's property, financial information, medical records, treatment information, or any other identifying information.

  • Primary care physician means a physician qualified to be an attending physician according to ORS 656.005(12)(b)(A) and who is a general practitioner, family practitioner, or internal medicine practitioner.

  • Foster care means substitute care furnished on a 24-hour-a-day basis to an eligible child in a licensed or approved facility by a person or agency other than the child’s parent or guardian but does not include care provided in a family home through an informal arrangement for a period of 20 days or less. Child foster care shall include but is not limited to the provision of food, lodging, training, education, supervision, and health care.

  • Hospice Care means a coordinated program of active professional