U.S. Department of Labor
Health Benefits Advisor for Employers
Glossary
Attending Provider
An individual who is licensed under applicable State law to provide maternity or pediatric care and who is directly responsible for providing such care to a mother or newborn child. Therefore, a plan, hospital, managed care organization, or other issuer is not an attending provider. However, a nurse midwife or a physician assistant may be an attending provider if licensed in the State to provide maternity or pediatric care in connection with childbirth.
Note: This definition only applies to the elaws section of the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act.
