Nearest appropriate facility definition

Nearest appropriate facility means a medical facility that is generally equipped and legally permitted to provide the needed care for the illness or injury involved that is the closest in geographical proximity to the member's pickup location.

Nearest appropriate facility means the facility located closest to the client’s place of residence which is capable of providing the medically required health service appropriate to the client’s medical condition. When health professionals are brought into the community to provide the service, the community facility is considered the nearest appropriate facility.

Nearest appropriate facility means that the receiving institution is generally equipped to provide the needed hospital or skilled nursing care for the illness or injury involved. In the case of a hospital, it also means that a physician or physician

Examples of Nearest appropriate facility in a sentence

• Nearest appropriate facility is defined as one or more facilities closest to the location where the beneficiary is picked up by the ambulance that is generally equipped and able to provide the needed treatment for the beneficiary's condition.

More Definitions of Nearest appropriate facility

Nearest appropriate facility means a medical facility that is generally equipped and legally permitted to provide the needed care for the illness or injury involved that is the closest in geographical proximity to the members' residence with exceptions. In the case of approved hospital services, it also means that a physician or physician specialist is available to provide the necessary care required to treat the