primary care practitioner
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “primary care practitioner” means an individual—
(i) who—
(I) is a physician (as described in section 1395x(r)(1) of this title) who has a primary specialty designation of family medicine, internal medicine, geriatric medicine, or pediatric medicine; or
(II) is a nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, or physician assistant (as those terms are defined in section 1395x(aa)(5) of this title); and
(ii) for whom primary care services accounted for at least 60 percent of the allowed charges under this part for such physician or practitioner in a prior period as determined appropriate by the Secretary.
Source
- 2010–present42 U.S.C. § 1395LThe Public Health and Welfare · Payment of benefits · under this part