URGENT CARE CENTER definition

URGENT CARE CENTER means a healthcare center either affiliated with a hospital or other institution or independently owned and operated. These centers may also be referred to as walk-in centers.

URGENT CARE CENTER means a facility licensed to provide care for minor injuries and illnesses that require immediate attention, but are not severe enough for a trip to an emergency facility, including cuts, sprains, eye injuries, colds, flu, fever, insect bites, and simple fractures. For purposes of this Contract, an Urgent Care Center is not a Hospital, Skilled Nursing Facility, Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility or Retail Clinic.

URGENT CARE CENTER means a medical facility separate from a hospital emergency department where ambulatory patients can be treated on a walk-in basis without an appointment and receive immediate, non-routine urgent care for an Injury or Sickness presented on an episodic basis.

Examples of URGENT CARE CENTER in a sentence

• URGENT CARE CENTER means a facility that provides treatment required to prevent serious deterioration of the Insured Person’s health as a result of an unforeseen Sickness, Injury, or the onset of acute or severe symptoms.

• URGENT CARE CENTER – a Participating Facility Provider designed to offer immediate evaluation and treatment for acute health conditions that require medical attention in a non- Emergency situation that cannot wait to be addressed by your Primary Care Physician’s office or Retail Clinic.

• URGENT CARE CENTER – a Participating Facility Provider designed to offer immediate evaluation and treatment for acute health conditions that require medical attention in a non-Emergency situation that cannot wait to be addressed by your Primary Care Physician’s office or Retail Clinic.

• URGENT CARE CENTER SERVICESThe Plan pays for Covered Health Services received at an Urgent Care Center, as defined in the Glossary.

• URGENT CARE CENTER – a Facility Provider designed to offer immediate evaluation and treatment for acute health conditions that require medical attention in a non-Emergency situation.

More Definitions of URGENT CARE CENTER

URGENT CARE CENTER means a free-standing facility, distinguished from an emergency department setting, that is licensed as an outpatient clinic under section 19a-491 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and that (A) provides treatment of medical conditions that do not require critical or emergent intervention for a life-threatening or potentially permanent disabling condition, (B) offers treatment of such conditions without requiring an appointment, and (C) provides services during times of the day, weekends or holidays when primary care provider offices are not customarily open to patients.

URGENT CARE CENTER is a facility that meets CALIFORNIACARE’s Urgent Care Center criteria as set forth in the Operations Manual, and is approved by BLUE CROSS prior to being designated as a CALIFORNIACARE Urgent Care Center.

URGENT CARE CENTER means a clinic outside of a traditional hospital-based emergency department focused on the delivery of urgent, but not serious medical problems. Urgent care centers primarily treat injuries or illnesses requiring immediate care, but not serious enough to require an emergency department visit.

URGENT CARE CENTER means a health care facility licensed in accordance with chapter

URGENT CARE CENTER means a facility or clinic that provides immediate but not emergent ambulatory medical care to patients. The term includes an offsite emergency department of a hospital that is presented to the general public in any manner as a department where immediate and not only emergent medical care is provided. The term also includes:

URGENT CARE CENTER means a facility, not including a hospital emergency room or a doctor's office, that provides treatment or services that are required:

URGENT CARE CENTER is a facility that meets BLUE CROSS’ Urgent Care Center criteria as set forth in the Operations Manual, and is approved by BLUE CROSS prior to being designated as a Urgent Care Center.