Title

Reimbursement Challenges For Emergency Physicians

Keywords

Emergency physician; Reimbursement

Abstract

Emergency physicians are under growing fiscal pressures on multiple fronts. Federal and state laws require that emergency care be provided to all those presenting at an emergency department, yet in nearly all cases there is no comparable mandate for reimbursement. The growing number of uninsured and underinsured, as well as downward pressure on reimbursement from managed care organizations and social assistance programs such as Medicaid and Medicare, also contributes to the difficulty of emergency physicians to be compensated. It may be time for the public to address more fundamental questions about the right to care and who pays for that care. © 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Publication Title

Health Care Manager

Volume

24

Issue

2

Number of Pages

159-164

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1097/00126450-200504000-00009

Socpus ID

21744459906 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/21744459906

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