Referrals are an important part of the Health Care system. This allows primary care physician (PCP) to send their patient to specialist on needed basis, keep track of patient health care. The PCP provides a routine care, preventive care, and responsible for coordinating or overseeing patient health care
Within the Primary Care Network (PCN) program, the primary care physician (PCP) is the care manager, who is responsible for referring, authorizing, ordering, arranging and coordinating all health-care needs. The PCP should refer patients to participating providers (physician specialists, hospitals and other health-care professionals who have agreed to work with the PCN, group and PCP in delivering health care).
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