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3 hospitals cited for turning away ER patients
As the first state to ban ambulance diversion in 2009 , Massachusetts investigators have cited three hospitals in the past six months for wrongly diverting patients from their emergency rooms--with
Excellus fined $1M for denying ER claims
Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield was fined almost $1 million for improperly denying emergency room claims and failing to explain benefits to its members. The New York Department of Financial Services
That bites! Dental patients in ERs on the rise
New research confirms what many providers have feared: More Americans are going to the emergency department for routine dental problems , such as toothaches. The Pew Center in its report yesterday
Health system sues OIG over alleged Medicaid overpayments
Three Utah hospitals have filed suit against the Medicaid Office of the Inspector General over a demand to repay overpaid emergency room claims, reported the Salt Lake City Tribune. The hospitals,
WellPoint ushers patients to ER alternatives
WellPoint and its affiliated health plans have created an online education program to help consumers find the closest participating emergency room alternatives, Health News Digest reported this week.
Excellus BCBS airs funny ads to cut avoidable ER visits
More than 40 percent of emergency room (ER) visits--amounting to 700,000 visits a year--in upstate New York are avoidable, concludes an analysis from Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield, so the insurer
County expands public care system to poorest patients
The nation's most populous county is attempting to its expand its public healthcare system for its poorest residents ahead of federal healthcare reform, providing a needed financial boost for its
ER overcrowding doesn't influence heart patient care, study finds
Contrary to recent reports, a crowded emergency room may not slow down care for heart attack patients, concludes a new study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Researchers at Advocate Christ
New strategies needed to prevent opioid abuse, deaths
Healthcare providers should consider improved strategies to reduce abuse or even deaths related to opioid use, according to a new study from National Institute on Drug Abuse researchers. The
Drug overdoses in ER lead to $1.4B in annual charges
Americans who overdose on drugs, whether prescribed or not, are flooding the nation's hospital emergency rooms and racking up nearly $1.5 billion a year in emergency room charges, reports the New
