Inpatient care definition

Inpatient care means treatment for which the insured person has to stay in a hospital for more than 24 hours for a covered event.
Inpatient care means a stay in a hospital, hospice, or residential health care facility, any subsequent treatment in connection with such inpatient care, or any period of incapacity. A person is considered an “inpatient” when a health care facility formally admits him/her to the facility with the expectation that he/she will remain at least overnight and occupy a bed, even if it later develops that such person can be discharged or transferred to another facility and does not actually remain overnight.
Inpatient care means treatment for which the insured person has to stay in a Hospital for more than 24 hours for a covered event.

Examples of Inpatient care in a sentence

  • Co payments: Primary Care Physician (PCP) office visit $15.00 Specialist office visit $20.00 In-patient care $100.00 Out-patient surgical care $50.00 Major Outpatient procedures (Cardiac Catherization, MRI, CT Scan, PET Scan and Lithotripsy) $25.00 40% co-insurance for non-emergency inpatient admissions to an out-of-network hospital.

  • When home health care can take the place of Inpatient care, We cover such care furnished to a [Member] under a written home health care plan.

  • Inpatient care means treatment for which the insured person has to stay in a hospital for more than 24 hours for a covered event.


More Definitions of Inpatient care

Inpatient care means a stay in a hospital, hospice, or residential health care facility, any subsequent treatment in connection with such inpatient care, or any period of incapacity. A person is considered an “inpatient” when a health care facility formally admits that person to the facility with the expectation that they will remain at least overnight and occupy a bed, even if it later develops that such person can be discharged or transferred to another facility and does not actually remain overnight.
Inpatient care means an overnight stay in a hospital, hospice or residential medical care facility, including a period of incapacity or any subsequent treatment in connection with the inpatient care.
Inpatient care means treatment for which the Scheme Member has to stay in a hospital for more than 24 hours for a covered event;
Inpatient care means the services provided by an inpatient facility to a recipient who has been admitted to a hospital, long-term care facility, or facility of a hospice that provides care 24 hours a day.
Inpatient care means a stay in a hospital or other medical facility and includes any subsequent treatment in connection with inpatient care. (7) "Continuing treatment" means treatment by a "health care provider" that involves one or more of the following: (a) a period of incapacity of more than three (3)consecutive calendar days (as well as any subsequent treatment or period of incapacity relating to the same condition) that also involves either two (2) or more treatments by a "health care provider", or treatment by a "health care provider" on at least one (1) occasion that results in a regimen of continuing treatment under the supervision of a "health care provider"; (b) any period of incapacity due to pregnancy (including morning sickness); (c) any period of incapacity or treatment for an incapacity due to a chronic health condition that requires periodic visits for treatment, which continues over an extended period of time, and may cause episodic (i.e., a period of incapacity for less than three (3) days) rather than a continuing incapacity (such as asthma, diabetes, and migraine headaches); (d) a period of incapacity that is long-term due to a condition for which treatment may not be effective; and (e) any period of absence to receive multiple treatments, including treatment of a condition that would likely result in a period of incapacity for a period of more than three (3) days if not treated. (8) "Health care provider" means an individual holding either a physician's and surgeon's certificate or an osteopathic physician's and surgeon's certificate issued pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Division 2 of the California Business and Professions Code, or any other individual duly licensed to practice medicine in another state or jurisdiction who directly treats or supervises the treatment of the serious health condition, or by any other person determined by the Secretary of Labor to be capable of providing health care services. The definition includes podiatrists, dentists, clinical psychologists, optometrists, chiropractors (limited in scope), nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, and certain Christian Science practitioners.
Inpatient care means treatment for which the insured person has to stay in a hospital
Inpatient care means a level of care provided to a patient that is consistent with the categories "inpatient respite care day" and "general inpatient care day" described in 42 C.F.R. 418.302(b)(3) and (4).