health care provider
The term “health care provider” includes a hospital, skilled nursing facility, nursing facility, home health entity or other long term care facility, health care clinic, community mental health center (as defined in section 300x–2(b)(1) of this title ), renal dialysis facility, blood center, ambulatory surgical center described in section 1395l(i) of this title, emergency medical services provider, Federally qualified health center, group practice, a pharmacist, a pharmacy, a laboratory, a physician (as defined in section 1395x(r) of this title ), a practitioner (as described in section 1395u(b)(18)(C) of this title ), a provider operated by, or under contract with, the Indian Health Service or by an Indian tribe (as defined in the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act [ 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.]), tribal organization, or urban Indian organization (as defined in section 1603 of title 25 ), a rural health clinic, a covered entity under section 256b of this title , an ambulatory surgical center described in section 1395l(i) of this title, section 1395w–4(k)(3)(B)(iii) of this title ), and any other category of health care facility, entity, practitioner, or clinician determined appropriate by the Secretary.