Admitting Physician definition

Admitting Physician means the physician who orders the admission of a given patient to the Hospital.

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Admitting Physician means a physician who, in the normal course and scope of his medical practice, admits patients for hospital care on either an inpatient or treats patients within a hospital on an outpatient basis.

Admitting Physician means the physician is responsible for the patient’ admission to the hospital and is ultimately responsible for the medical record documentation if attending physician declines.

Examples of Admitting Physician in a sentence

• Such Network Provider shall be responsible for the remuneration of the Admitting Physician which Admitting Physician shall sign an Acceptance Letter in the form attached as Attachment D.

• If Physician is an Admitting Physician, during the entire term of this Agreement, Physician shall remain a member in good standing of the medical staff of a [Participating Hospital], with privileges that are appropriate to allow admission to a Participating Hospital of patients by Physician.

• If a Network Provider does not have admitting privileges at a Participating Hospital such Network Provider may identify another Participating Provider as the Admitting Physician who shall take responsibility for admission and provision of inpatient services to Members twenty four (24) hours per day/three hundred sixty five (365) days per year.

• MSO and/or Plan shall cause MSO Providers or Plan’s Admitting Physician Panel to maintain clinical privileges at a Participating Hospital.

• MSO and/or Plan shall cause MSO Providers or Plan’s Admitting Physician panel to admit to, and provide appropriate services at, a Participating Hospital to Members.

More Definitions of Admitting Physician

Admitting Physician is a Participating Physician who admits Members to a Participating Hospital or to another hospital with the approval of Plan.

Admitting Physician means the physician who authorized the patient’s hospitalization.

Admitting Physician is a Participating Physician who admits Members to a Participating Hospital or to another hospital with the approval of MSO.

Admitting Physician means the physician/licensed independent practitioner (LIP) responsible for the admitting orders and the completion of the admission history and physical.

Admitting Physician means the practitioner accepting the admission.