Emergency rooms that aren't attached to hospitals have been popping up around the US. Visiting them can lead to surprisingly high bills.
, up from about 25% in 2010. Those plans require a person to spend thousands out of his or her own pocket before their health insurance starts covering their care.Free-standing emergency departments got a boost in 2009 when Texas passed a law thatThey're staffed by doctors and can do a lot of the diagnostics that a hospital-connected ER can, but they're not equipped to do all of it. Car crashes, strokes and other more serious illnesses and injuries still get transferred to the hospital.
The model takes a lot of education, too. Martin said that Signature Care make it clear when patients call that the center is for emergency care and acts just as an emergency room with emergency room-level prices. , insurers are required to pay for emergency care for their members, even if the place they get their care is out of network, keeping many of the free-standing emergency rooms in service.Dr. Sabrina Poon, an emergency-medicine doctor at Vanderbilt University, has been looking into the different ways patients decide to get care, such as at urgent care centers and free-standing emergency departments.
For the most part, the scope of visitors didn't change at the three sites, and a lot of folks came in for the same conditions they would have if they were going to an urgent care center. But the centers were raking in a lot more money.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Even with measles outbreaks across the US, at least 20 states have proposed anti-vaccination billsCNN News, delivered. Select from our newsletters below and enter your email to subscribe.
Read more »
Instant View: U.S. February job growth stalls but wage gains strongU.S. job growth almost stalled in February, with the economy creating only 20,00...
Read more »
U.S. looking at new sanctions against Venezuela: U.S. officialThe United States is considering imposing new sanctions on Venezuela to increase...
Read more »
U.S. women's soccer players file gender discrimination lawsuit against U.S. Soccer Federation28 members of the U.S. national women's soccer team filed a federal gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation on Friday morning.
Read more »
U.S.-UK relationship will prosper after Brexit - U.S. ambassadorBritain's relationship with the United States is more important than ever a...
Read more »
Analysis | The Cybersecurity 202: U.S. officials: It’s China hacking that keeps us up at nightRussia hacking has Washington spooked. But security officials say China is the biggest long term threat.
Read more »
Why the US won't let China's biggest smartphone maker enter the US marketHuawei has had their CFO arrested, their hardware banned from being used by the US government, and Huawei is now suing the US government.
Read more »
U.S. stocks open higher on reports that U.S.-China trade deal is near
Read more »
U.S. should not sell F-35 jets to Turkey unless it drops Russian system: U.S. generalThe top U.S. general in Europe said on Tuesday that he would recommend that the ...
Read more »