ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. An Accredited Physician who is part of the medical staff of an Accredited Hospital or Accredited Medical Clinic, and legally responsible for the care given to a member while in the hospital or on out-patient basis.
ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. The physician who has the primary responsibility for the medical diagnosis and treatment of the patient. A consultant or an assist- ant surgeon, for example, would not be an attending physician. Under very ex- traordinary circumstances, because of the presence of complex, serious, and multiple, but unrelated, medical condi- tions, a patient may have more than one attending physician concurrently rendering medical treatment during a single period of time. An attending physician also may be a teaching phy- sician. Augmentative communication device (ACD). A voice prosthesis as deter- mined by the Secretary of Defense to be necessary because of significant conditions resulting from trauma, con- genital anomalies, or disease. Also re- ferred to as Speech Generating Device. Authorized provider. A hospital or in- stitutional provider, physician, or other individual professional provider, or other provider of services or supplies specifically authorized to provide bene- fits under CHAMPUS in § 199.6 of this part.
ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. The physician whom the employee has been under the care of during the course of their particular ailment. Many times this is the physician that originally placed the employee on a restricted duty status or from whom the employee is receiving or has received care.
ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. The physician who has primary responsibility for the health care and treatment of an individual patient and/or youth.
ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. The Resident agrees to accept the services of the attending physicians or nurse practitioners from the VMH for the duration of this short-term stay.
ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. At the time of hospice election, the Resident Patient may choose to specify the Nursing Facility Attending Physician as the Hospice Attending Physician. If the Resident does not choose the Nursing Facility Attending Physician, the Resident may select another physician or nurse practitioner as the Hospice Attending Physician.
