the physician who is in charge of your care while your are hospitalized. Though medical students, residents and other doctors may treat you, the Attending Physician is your physician of record while you are hospitalized. alance Billing — the practice of charging full fees in excess of covered amounts and then billing the patient for that portion of the bill that the payer does not cover.

The physician rendering the major portion of care or having primary responsibility for the care of the patient's major condition or diagnosis.

a physician credentialed by the hospital's medical staff

a staff physician responsible for the patient care provided by resident physicians in training

Doctor on the staff of a hospital who has completed medical school, residency, and fellowship.

A written statement from a physician who has treated, or is currently treating, a proposed insured or an insured for one or more conditions. The statement provides the insurance company with information relevant to underwriting a risk or settling a claim.

The physician who is primarily responsible for the care of the patient. This is often a neurosurgeon immediately following the trauma.

the physician in charge at any given moment.

means the doctor who is responsible for the patient's hospital treatment or who is charged with the patient's overall care and who is responsible for directing the treatment program. A consulting physician is not the Attending Physician. A physician employed by the hospital is not ordinarily the Attending Physician.

The doctor who is primarily responsible for a patient’s care and who supervises fellows and residents. At the Arizona Cancer Center, attending physicians are faculty members of The University of Arizona College of Medicine.

is the doctor who is responsible for your treatment. If you have a regular doctor, he or she would probably be your attending physician. If you have entered a hospital or another facility, the attending physician is the doctor who is assigned to you.

Number of the licensed physician who would normally be expected to certify and recertify the medical necessity of the number of services rendered and/or who has primary responsibility for the patient's medical care and treatment.

Physician primarily responsible for the care of a patient during hospitalization.

The physician with defined clinical privileges who has the primary responsibility for diagnosis and treatment of the patient. A physician with privileges to practice the specialty independently. The physician may have either primary or consulting responsibilities depending on the case. There will always be only one primary physician; however, under very extraordinary circumstances, because of the presence of complex, serious and multiple, but related, medical conditions, a patient may have more than one attending physician providing treatment at the same time.

The doctor who accepts treatment or billing responsibility for a patient’s care.

A physician is the person responsible for one's medical care. A physician must visit residents in a skilled nursing facility once a month for the first three months, then every 60 days, and then every 90 days.

The physician responsible for the admitting and directing of care and services provided to a patient while in an acute, skilled or rehabilitation facility.

An attending physician is a physician that has completed residency and practices medicine in a clinic or hospital, often focusing on the specialty learned during residency. An attending physician can also supervise residents and medical students.