Occurs when the member of an approved occupational pension scheme is permitted to accrue benefits at a rate above the normal one-sixtieth of final salary for each year of service. The IR scale uses a scale for this purpose. Acceleration is available to members who have continuous rights prior to 17 March 1987.
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UPP
See: unearned premiums provision.
UQ
HCPCS Level II modifier that may be used with CPT or HCPCS Level II codes indicating four patients served.
Urgent
Inpatient hospital admission category. Patients in this category need to be admitted as soon as a bed is available, within 24 to 48 hours. See urgent admission .
Urgent admission
Inpatient hospital or facility acceptance of a patient who requires immediate medical or psychiatric care because of life-threatening, serious, and possible disabling conditions.
Urgent care
Medically necessary treatment required for illness or injury that is not a serious threat and would not result in further disability or death if not treated immediately (e.g., ear infection, ear wax removal, small laceration).
Urgent care center
See: emergency center . Also See: ambulatory care facility .
Urgent care clinic
Health care facility whose primary purpose is to provide immediate, short-term medical care for minor, but urgent, medical conditions.
Urgently needed care
Medical care a patient receives for a sudden illness or injury that needs care right away but is not life threatening. The patient’s primary care doctor generally provides urgently needed care if the patient is in a Medicare health plan other than the Original Medicare Plan. If the patient is out of the plan’s service area for a short time and cannot wait until he or she returns home, then the health plan must pay for urgently needed care.
Urgi-center
See: emergency center .
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An emergency medical service center which is separate from any other hospital or medical facility.