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outpatient

[aut-pay-shuhnt] / ˈaʊtˌpeɪ ʃənt /


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There is no law limiting how much healthcare providers can bill insurers and patients for many outpatient services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

But even if they did decide to avail of Medicaid for outpatient care or nursing home care, they should not assume that Medicaid will be available on whatever terms they expect.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

To ease pressure on the emergency room, the hospital opened a special outpatient clinic in June for tick-bite victims, and nearly 400 people were treated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The possibility that a single outpatient treatment could provide relief lasting several years is one reason researchers are closely studying what happens inside the knee after GAE.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

“I have outpatient therapy from four to five, remember?”

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

The researchers conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial involving 28 outpatients diagnosed with MDD at the Fourth People's Hospital of Taizhou.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2026

Kaiser Permanente Southern California is continuing to observe rising cases, mostly among outpatients, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2024

Hudson said she is seeing most new COVID-19 cases among outpatients, rather than those needing hospitalization.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2024

But local counties said the new spending requirements would result in a loss of more than $1 billion, which could be detrimental to existing programs such as mental health outpatients, crisis, recovery and peer-supported services.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2023

The majority of my friends in there didn’t last, and out of the few that were still with me when I left even fewer survived as outpatients.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers


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