Primary Care Physicians definition

Primary Care Physicians means family or general practitioners, general internists, and general pediatricians.

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Primary Care Physicians. (“PCP”) means the Physician responsible for supervising, coordinating, and providing initial and primary care to each Member who selects or is assigned to such physician. The PCP is responsible for: managing the delivery of all health and medical care services; for initial referrals for specialist care; and for maintaining the continuity of patient care to such Members. PCP includes physicians practicing in the area of internal medicine, general and family practice, or pediatrics; and may also include physicians in other areas of practice, as applicable, to the extent permitted by VHP and Applicable Requirements.

Primary Care Physicians means Physicians as defined by [***].

Examples of Primary Care Physicians in a sentence

• The office visit co-payments for the HMO Plan shall be $15.00 per visit for Primary Care Physicians and $30.00 per visit for Specialists.

• A list of Practitioners/Providers who serve as In-network Primary Care Physicians may be found in the Provider Directory.

• The list of Providers in the Physician and Hospital Directory includes the location and phone numbers of all Primary Care Physicians, Plan Hospitals, and Participating Hospice Agencies in the Primary Care Physician Service Area.

• The office visit co- payments for the HMO Plan shall be $15.00 per visit for Primary Care Physicians and $30.00 per visit for Specialists.

• Each Subscriber must select a Primary Care Physician for himself and each of his Dependents from the list of Primary Care Physicians in the HMO Physician and Hospital Directory.

• Primary Care Physicians include, but are not limited to, General Practitioners, Family Practice Physicians, Internists, Pediatricians, and Obstetricians/Gynecologists (if applicable).

• A Member must select a Primary Care Physician and may select any Primary Care Physician from CareFirst BlueChoice’s current list of Contracting Provider Primary Care Physicians.

• The office visit co- payments for the POS Plan shall $15.00 per visit for Primary Care Physicians and $30.00 per visit for Specialists.

• In-Network Providers include Primary Care Physicians / Providers (PCPs), Specialists (Specialty Care Physicians / Providers (SCPs)), other professional Providers, Hospitals, and other Facilities who contract with Us to care for You.

• You will find our Primary Care Physicians close to where you live and work across the State.

More Definitions of Primary Care Physicians

Primary Care Physicians shall not refer Members except in accordance with Utilization Management procedures of the Plan and/or policies adopted by the IPA from time to time, and shall (i) refer a Member to another Participating Physician or Provider for non-emergency Covered Services, or (ii) self refer for other than primary care services, only upon compliance with the Referral Management Program as prescribed by the Plan or IPA. Specialist Physicians shall provide non emergency Covered Services (including diagnostic services) to a Member upon referral, by the Member's Primary Care Physician unless such referral authorization is not required and, if applicable, upon receipt of authorization from IPA, except in case of emergency. Specialist Physicians shall only refer a Member to another Participating Physician or other Participating Provider for non-emergency Covered Services upon compliance with the Referral Management Program. Failure of Physician to obtain such prior authorizations when applicable shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement which shall entitle IPA, at its option, to terminate this Agreement under Paragraph 8(a) below.

Primary Care Physicians means physicians who specialize in general or family practice medicine, internal medicine, or pediatric medicine and are participating providers in a Member Company's network other than in the Central Pennsylvania Region or Ohio.

Primary Care Physicians or "PCP(s)" means that Preferred Professional designated by Payer and/or PROHEALTH from whom a Covered Person must receive Health Care Services and/or through who Covered Persons are required to access Health Care Services, except in Emergencies, in order for such Services to be considered by Payer and/or PROHEALTH to be Covered Services under the Payer's benefit plan and/or the extent to which such Services, when Covered Services, are reimbursable under such plan(s).

Primary Care Physicians are those physicians whose prescribing practices indicate that the primary characteristic of such person's practice is that of a primary care physician regardless of whether such person claims to be, or is certified as, a General Practitioner, Family Practitioner, Internal Medicine, or another type of specialist.

Primary Care Physicians means physicians practicing in family medicine, geriatrics, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, or emergency medicine. [63:1-2721 (A)(2)]

Primary Care Physicians means physicians practicing