Perinate definition

Perinate means a live human being at any point after which any anatomical part of the human being is known to have passed beyond the plane of the vaginal introitus until the point of complete expulsion or extraction from the mother’s body.
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Examples of Perinate in a sentence

  • The Member Handbook for CHIP Perinate Newborns may be the same as that used for CHIP.

  • Note: This provision does not apply to CHIP Perinates, but it does apply to CHIP Perinate Newborns.

  • CHIP Perinatal HMOs are encouraged to obtain the participation of Obstetricians/Gynecologists (OB/GYNs), Family Practice Physicians with experience in prenatal care, or other qualified health care Providers as CHIP Perinate Providers.

  • In each Service Area, the CHIP Perinatal HMO must seek to obtain the participation of Providers for CHIP Perinate Members.

  • If a CHIP Perinate’s Effective Date of Coverage occurs while the CHIP Perinate is confined in a Hospital, HMO is responsible for the CHIP Perinate’s costs of Covered Services beginning on the Effective Date of Coverage.

  • The start date for the CHIP Perinate Transition Phase is September 1, 2006.

  • CHIP Perinatal HMOs must issue Member Handbooks to both CHIP Perinates and CHIP Perinate Newborns.

  • As of September 1, 2010, 33,860 CHIP Perinates (unborn children) and 19,076 CHIP Perinate Newborns were enrolled in this subprogram.

  • For the STAR, STAR+PLUS, and CHIP Programs, and for CHIP Perinate Newborns, HMO must require, and make best efforts to ensure, that PCPs are accessible to Members 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and that its Network Primary Care Providers (PCPs) have after-hours telephone availability that is consistent with, Section 8.1.4. CHIP Perinatal HMOs are not required to establish PCP Networks for CHIP Perinates.

  • The MCO is not required to offer the same Value-added Services to CHIP Perinate Members as traditional CHIP Members and CHIP Perinate Newborn Members.

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