Emergency health care services definition

Emergency health care services means health care services for a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity such that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to place the patient's health in serious jeopardy.
Emergency health care services means those covered services
Emergency health care services means those covered services that are provided in an emergency health care facility after the sudden onset of a medical condition that manifests itself by symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected by a prudent layperson, who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine, to result in: (1) placing a covered person’s health in serious jeopardy; (2) serious impairment to bodily function; or (3) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part.

Examples of Emergency health care services in a sentence

  • Emergency health care services, including ambulance and ambulance transport services and out-of-area coverage.

  • Have access to Emergency health care services in cases where a “prudent layperson” acting reasonably would believe that an Emergency existed.

  • Emergency health care services means health care services for a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity such that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to place the injured worker’s health in serious jeopardy.

  • Emergency health care services shall include ambulance services for the area served by the plan to transport the enrollee to the nearest twenty-four hour emergency facility with physician coverage, designated by the Health Care Service Plan.

  • Emergency health care services may be subjected to retrospective review.


More Definitions of Emergency health care services

Emergency health care services means health care services that are provided
Emergency health care services means a medical condition
Emergency health care services means those services identified in §§ 3349 and 3565 of this title.
Emergency health care services means treatment for a medical
Emergency health care services means health care items and services furnished or required to screen for or treat an emergency medical condition until the condition is stabilized, including prehospital care and ancillary services routinely available to the emergency department.
Emergency health care services means health care services, supplies, or treatments
Emergency health care services means those services as defined and delivered in accordance with G.S. 58-3-190.