emergency medicine
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Revenue Cycle
Provider Stakeholders to UnitedHealthcare: A Delay Isn't EnoughNearly a week after UnitedHealthcare backed off its decision to retroactively deny emergency care claims, provider groups are still hitting...
Strategy
In Mental Health Crises, a 911 Call Now Brings a Mixed Team of Helpers — And Maybe No CopsMissoula began sending a special crew on emergency mental health calls in November as a pilot project, and next month...
Payer
In Alleged Healthcare 'Money Grab,' Nation's Largest Hospital Chain Cashes In on Trauma CentersHCA Healthcare's activation fees run as high as $50,000 per patient and are sometimes 10 times greater than those at...
Revenue Cycle
AHA Blasts UnitedHealthcare's Plan to Retroactively Deny Emergency Claims"Patients are not medical experts and should not be expected to self-diagnose during what they believe is a medical emergency,"...
Revenue Cycle
Emergency Physicians Call United Healthcare's ED Denial Policy 'Dangerous'The American College of Emergency Physicians said that it "firmly believes that the new policy is in direct violation of...
Clinical Care
Non-COVID-19 Emergency Department Visits Fell for All Acuity Levels During Pandemic, Study FindsA 40% decline in emergency department visits for emergent, nonpreventable conditions indicates that many patients with serious health problems avoided...
Revenue Cycle
United Healthcare Will Deny or Limit Coverage for ED Commercial Claims it Considers Non-EmergentThe new policy will apply to "commercial fully insured ED facility claims in many states for dates of service on...
Strategy
Minneapolis Police Injured Protesters With Rubber Bullets. The City Has Taken Little Action.Dozens of people were seriously injured during the protests last summer, leading to lawsuits, promises of reform and calls to...
Strategy
Colorado Will Pay Hospitals to Close Expensive Free-Standing ERsThe state wants hospitals to convert them to other purposes, such as providing primary care or mental health services.
Clinical Care
Homicides Surge in California Amid COVID Shutdowns of Schools, Youth ProgramsAfter more than a decade of fairly steady decreases, California's homicide rate surged in 2020.
Clinical Care
In Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta, Millions Face Long Drives to Stroke CareAcross Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta, more than 80% of counties have stroke death rates above the national average.
Nursing
Hospital Crisis Response Requires Critical Care ReadinessStaffing, space, and supplies should be considered to integrate critical care-specific needs into disaster response planning, article says.