Urgent Care definition

Urgent Care means treatment for a condition that is not a threat to life or limb but does require prompt medical attention. Also, the severity of an urgent condition does not necessitate a trip to the hospital emergency room. An Urgent Care facility is a freestanding facility that is not a physician’s office and which provides Urgent Care.

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Urgent Care is care provided to a LIFE participant who is out of the LIFE Provider’s service area, and who believes their illness or injury is too severe to postpone treatment until they return to the service area, but their life or function is not in serious jeopardy.

Urgent Care means those medical services rendered for an urgent medical condition or protection of the public health.

Examples of Urgent Care in a sentence

• Emergency medical transportation No charge Covered as In-Network --------none-------- Urgent care $25/visit 20% coinsurance --------none-------- If you have a hospital stay Facility fee (e.g., hospital room) $200/admission up to $600 maximum/benefit period 20% coinsurance 60 days/benefit period for Inpatient rehabilitation.

• You Pay You Pay Urgent care services 0% - After deductible The level of coverage is the same as network provider.

• This is a general idea of how many business days, as defined above, that you may need to wait to see a Participating Mental Health Professional: • Urgent care appointment with non-Physician behavioral health care provider or behavioral health care Physician (psychiatrist) that requires Prior Authorization: within 96 hours of request.

• Emergency medical transportation No charge Covered as In-Network --------none-------- Urgent care $25/visit 20% coinsurance --------none-------- * For more information about limitations and exceptions, see plan or policy document at ▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/eocdps/aso.

• Urgent care means care you need when you are out of the Fallon Health ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ service area and think that your illness or injury is too severe to put off treatment until you return to the service area, but you do not think it is a life-threatening emergency.

More Definitions of Urgent Care

Urgent Care refers to circumstances in which the individual requires prompt medical attention for the care and management of a significant physical or mental disorder, but there is no immediate threat to the individual’s life.

Urgent Care means medical care or treatment where application of the time periods for making non-urgent care decisions could 1) seriously jeopardize the insured’s life, health or ability to regain maximum function or 2) in the opinion of a physician with knowledge of the insured’s medical condition, would subject the insured to severe pain that cannot be adequately managed without the care or treatment. The determination of whether care is Urgent Care is to be made by an individual acting on behalf of the Plan applying the judgment of a prudent layperson who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine. The determination can also be made by a physician with knowledge of the insured’s medical condition.

Urgent Care means acute, episodic medical services available on a twenty-four (24) hour basis that are required in order to prevent a serious deterioration of the health of an Enrollee.

Urgent Care refers to non-life-threatening conditions that require prompt treatment, but are typically not of such seriousness as to require immediate emergency care

Urgent Care means care that is provided to an enrollee outside the service area because the enrollee believes that an illness or injury is too severe to postpone treatment until the enrollee returns to the service area but that does not meet the definition of emergency services because the enrollee’s life or functioning is not in severe jeopardy.

Urgent Care means the treatment for an unexpected illness or injury which is severe or painful enough to require treatment within twenty-four (24) hours.

Urgent Care means medical or health care services provided in a situation other than an emergency that are typically provided in a setting such as an Urgent Care Provider’s office or Participating Urgent Care center, as a result of an acute injury or illness that is severe or painful enough to lead a prudent layperson, possessing an average knowledge of medicine and health, to believe that the person's condition, illness, or injury is of such a nature that failure to obtain treatment within a reasonable period of time would result in serious deterioration of the condition of the person's health. Urgent Care Provider means a Participating Provider that has entered into a contractual agreement with HMO for the provision of Covered Services for Urgent Care to Members. Virtual Network Provider means a licensed Participating Provider that has entered into a contractual agreement with HMO to provided diagnosis and treatment of injuries and illnesses through either (i) interactive audio communication (via telephone or other similar technology), or (ii) interactive audio/video examination and communication (via online portal, mobile application or similar technology).