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ambulant, errant, fugitive, gallivanting (also galavanting), itinerant, nomad, nomadic, perambulatory, peregrine, peripatetic, ranging, roaming, roving, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring
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Both equity investors and companies in the business of keeping retail zombies in an ambulatory state are asking themselves who might be next. — Elizabeth Winkler, WSJ, "Why Sears Is Spooking Investors," 10 Oct. 2018 The average length of shortages for drugs used in ambulatory medicine is more than seven months, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Pediatrics. — Brian Krans, Fox News, "Drug shortages in ER are more common than you think," 22 July 2018 In fact, much has been written about the barriers people who use wheelchairs face when traveling, from damage to their wheelchairs to the judgment and mistreatment ambulatory wheelchair users have reported. — Brittney Mcnamara, Teen Vogue, "Nyle DiMarco Said an Airline Gave Him a Wheelchair After a Flight Seemingly Because He's Deaf," 20 Dec. 2018 Tenet, like other hospital owners, is also under pressure as more medical care moves to less-costly clinics and ambulatory-surgery centers. — Melanie Evans, WSJ, "UnitedHealth Is Among Suitors Circling Tenet’s Conifer Business," 18 July 2018 All hospitals have higher costs than ambulatory surgical centers and independently owned imaging centers because hospitals must operate around the clock. — WSJ, "On Paying Too Much to Bend the Knee Again," 27 Aug. 2018 Dental, vision, and mental care will be covered, as will inpatient care, outpatient care, primary care, preventative care, palliative care, ambulatory care, emergency care, maternal care, and newborn care. — Tim Higginbotham And Chris Middleman, Vox, "“Medicare-for-all” means something. Don’t let moderates water it down.," 13 July 2018 Other facilities: Six ambulatory care facilities around Greater Cincinnati, a new hospital this year in Butler County. — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, "Mike Keating stepping down this year as president and CEO of the Christ Hospital," 21 Feb. 2018 Scripps plans to build a three-story, 85,000-square-foot ambulatory facility to provide non-emergency and outpatient medical services to about 12,750 patients a month. — Phil Diehl, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Scripps medical building approved for Vista Way in Oceanside," 26 June 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Shares of Envision, which also provides post-acute care and ambulatory-surgery services, have fallen 23% over the past year amid questions about its billing for emergency services and disappointing performance. — Aisha Al-muslim, WSJ, "KKR to Acquire Envision Healthcare for $5.5 Billion," 11 June 2018 Under Johnson’s watch, Ingalls developed a network of ambulatory care centers in Calumet City, Crestwood, Flossmoor, South Holland and Tinley Park, and starting in 2015 led Ingalls to pursue a combination with University of Chicago Medicine. — Mike Nolan, Daily Southtown, "Ingalls Hospital president to retire," 9 June 2018 In an ambulatory setting, the total cost of Essure procedures was found to be $1,287 per case and laparoscopic procedures $1,398 per case, according to a 2008 study published in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, "Essure or surgery? New study compares contraceptive risks," 13 Mar. 2018 For example, Ohio could choose the ambulatory care standards from one benchmark plan and the preventive services from another. — Washington Post, "The Health 202: The Trump administration is giving states another way around Obamacare regulations," 7 Feb. 2018 Gonnelli was the developer for LourdesCare at Cherry Hill, a 55,000 square-foot ambulatory care center. — Harold Brubaker, Philly.com, "Lourdes owner files counterclaim against Cooper," 7 Feb. 2018 UnitedHealth has said Optum aims to provide primary care and ambulatory services in 75 markets, representing about two-thirds of the U.S. population. — Anna Wilde Mathews, WSJ, "UnitedHealth to Buy Large Doctor Group for $4.9 Billion," 6 Dec. 2017 Calpers changed its benefits five years ago to nudge patients toward the cheaper ambulatory option, a spokesman said, and will expand its plan to include a dozen more surgeries starting in January. — Melanie Evans, WSJ, "Warding Off Decline, Hospitals Invest in Outpatient Clinics," 25 Sep. 2017 Boone defends his claims of fraud with a specific formula, dividing the number of ambulatory, handicapped adults in Connecticut by the state’s population. — Vinny Vella, Courant Community, "Citing Fraud, Hartford Charges Handicapped Drivers To Park," 5 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ambulatory.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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