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Medicaid payments for 'unnecessary' ER visits safe for now
Washington state has pushed the pause button on the restrictive Medicaid emergency room policy that would have stopped payment to hospitals for roughly 500 "nonemergent" conditions on April 1.
ED visits reach 136M despite efforts to reduce crowding
Despite various efforts to reduce emergency department (ED) crowding--posting wait times, diverting patients--visits to the ED jumped 10 percent in one year to a new high of more than 136 million
Hospital costs 39% higher with OR delays
Delays in the operating room (OR) are not simply inconveniences for staff; they hurt hospitals' bottom line. Patients who had longer gap times (from the time of case booking to surgery start time)
Hospitals hope to save money by pre-screening ER patients
Halifax Health is implementing a new policy that it hopes will save the Florida hospital money: pre-screening patients before they enter the emergency room to make sure they have real medical
ER visits rise despite health insurance coverage
Despite the belief that emergency room visits will go down when more people have health insurance, more than 80 percent of emergency physicians reported a rise in ER visits, according to new poll by
Patients skip care when ER waits drag on
When your ER waiting room backs up so much that you have to "board" patients, your hospital may risk losing patients--those who leave without treatment--and revenues. Researchers at the University of
SPOTLIGHT: Is ER text messaging service just a marketing ploy?
With more and more hospitals offering ER wait times by text message, some patterns have developed. "In my opinion, it's a true marketing ploy," Dr. David Seaberg, a member of the board of American
Emergency departments not equipped for kids
Virtually none of America's emergency departments are equipped to care for children properly, despite the fact that kids account for 20 percent of all ED visits, according to a new study published in
Primary care group outlines swine flu management plan
Emergency departments are increasingly being hit with inflows of patients fearful that they have the H1N1 influenza virus, otherwise known as swine flu. Hoping to help hospitals manage the problem,
Emergency doctors slam new HHS chief
Wow, this honeymoon didn't last. The ink was barely dry on HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' appointment as agency chief this week when the country's largest emergency physicians' group came out to
