Primary care physician or “PCP” means a Plan Provider who has an independent contractor agreement with HPN to assume responsibility for arranging and coordinating the delivery of Covered Services to Members. A Primary Care Physician’s agreement with HPN may terminate. In the event that a Member’s Primary Care Physician’s agreement terminates, the Member will be required to select another Primary Care Physician.
Physician means a licensed practitioner of medical, surgical, dental, services or the healing arts including accredited Christian Science Practitioner, acting within the scope of his/her license. The treating physician cannot be the Insured, a Traveling Companion, a Family Member, or a Business Partner.
Treating physician means an individual who:
Licensed physician means a person licensed to practice
Qualified physician means any physician who has not been excluded under the provisions of subpart I of this part. Except as otherwise provided by regulation, a qualified physician shall be deemed to be designated or ap- proved by OWCP.
Participating physician means a physician licensed in Virginia to practice medicine, who practices
Specialist Physician means a licensed physician who qualifies as an attending physician and who examines a patient at the request of the attending physician or authorized nurse practitioner to aid in evaluation of disability, diagnosis, or provide temporary specialized treatment. A specialist physician may provide specialized treatment for the compensable injury or illness and give advice or an opinion regarding the treatment being rendered, or considered, for a patient’s compensable injury.
Dentist means a registered dental practitioner whose name is included in sub-part A of the first part of the dental list;
Mental health provider means a health care provider or a health care facility authorized by state law to provide mental health services.
Medical equipment means equipment used in a patient care environment to support patient treatment and diagnosis.
Pharmacist means an individual licensed by this state to compound and dispense drugs, prescriptions, and poisons.