• Source: Health care provider

      • A health care provider is an individual health professional or a health facility organization licensed to provide health care diagnosis and treatment services including medication, surgery and medical devices. Health care providers often receive payments for their services rendered from health insurance providers.
      In the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services defines a health care provider as any "person or organization who furnishes, bills, or is paid for health care in the normal course of business."


      Individual providers


      In the United States, the law defines a healthcare provider as a "doctor of medicine or osteopathy who is authorized to practice medicine or surgery" by the state, or anyone else designated by the United States Secretary of Labor as being able to provide health care services. In general, this is seen to include:

      Physician, a professional who practices medicine
      Advanced practice provider, a trained health worker who has a defined scope of practice
      Allied health professional, a non-physician clinician who delivers health care services
      Health professional, any person involved in the delivery of health care


      Institutional providers


      Hospital network, an organization that operates multiple hospitals and clinics offering comprehensive health care services
      Health system, any organization responsible for delivering care to a population
      Medical group, a partnership of physicians who share resources
      Hospital, a health care facility delivering emergency, intensive care, and other health care services for high-needs patients
      Clinic, a health care facility delivering non-emergency health care services in an office setting


      See also


      Health care in the United States § Providers


      References

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