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Specialty Departments
Your primary care physician will refer you to a specialist when he or she feels that you require specialty care. Some specialty departments, such as our Mental Health and Psychiatry Departments, do not require a referral at all. The specialty departments are referral only.There may be a time when you require the services of a non-Plan specialty. Services provided by non-Plan physicians or health care providers are covered only when authorized in writing by a Permanente Medical Group physician or Plan physician.
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If you have an emergency medical condition, call 911 or go to the nearest hospital. When you have an emergency medical condition, we cover emergency care from Plan providers and non-Plan providers anywhere in the world.
An emergency medical condition is (1) a medical or psychiatric condition that manifests itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity (including severe pain) such that you could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in serious jeopardy to your health or serious impairment or dysfunction of your bodily functions or organs; or (2) when you are in active labor and there isn't enough time for safe transfer to a Plan hospital before delivery, or if transfer poses a threat to your or your unborn child's health and safety.
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