PATIENT CONTACTS definition
PATIENT CONTACTS means any admission, consultation, procedure, physical response to emergency call, evaluation, treatment, or service performed in any provider-based facility operated by the Hospital or affiliate, including outpatient facilities (provider-based means facilities that bill under the Hospital’s Medicare certification number). Patient contacts do not include referrals for diagnostic or laboratory tests or x-rays.
PATIENT CONTACTS means any admission, consultation, procedure, physical response to emergency call, evaluation, treatment or service performed in the Hospital or its outpatient facilities. Patient contacts do not include referrals for diagnostic or laboratory tests or x-rays.
PATIENT CONTACTS means any admission, consultation, procedure, physical response to emergency call, evaluation, treatment, or service performed in any facility operated by the Participating UPMC Hospital or affiliate, including outpatient facilities. Patient contacts do not include referrals for diagnostic or laboratory tests or x-rays.
More Definitions of PATIENT CONTACTS
PATIENT CONTACTS means any admission, consultation, procedure, physical response to emergency call, evaluation, treatment or service performed in the Hospital, one of the Hospital’s rural health clinics, or one of the Hospital’s other outpatient facilities. Patient contacts include supervision of a member of the Advanced Practice Clinician Staff but not referrals for diagnostic or laboratory tests or x-rays.
PATIENT CONTACTS means (i) patient registrations at the Hospital, either on an inpatient or outpatient basis, for which practitioner is responsible, or (ii) formal admissions to the Hospital (either inpatient or outpatient) by a Member, or (iii) performance of an inpatient or outpatient procedure or surgery, or (iv) consultation when requested by the attending Physician as evidenced by an appropriate entry into the medical record of the patient, or (v) emergency department patient visits by the Member (consultations, examination or treatment pursuant to emergency call as evidenced by an appropriate entry into the medical record of the patient).
PATIENT CONTACTS means any admission, consultation, procedure, physical response to emergency call, evaluation, treatment or service performed in the Medical Center or its hospital-based clinics or provided via Telemedicine to another site. Patient contacts do not include referrals for diagnostic or laboratory tests or x-rays.