tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 24

HOSPITALS: Overcrowded EDs Could Become All Too Common

Recorded ED numbers may only be starting, ACEP warns.The president of a leading emergency medicine society says that emergency departments are seeing patients at alarming rates, and if Congress goes ahead with its planned decreases in Medicare spending, overcrowded EDs could become an epidemic.According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control, there were more than 113 million ED visits in 2003. While this was the high-water mark so far, the number will be much higher in coming years because of pending Medicare cuts, industry insiders fear. Elderly Adults Behind ED Rise The rise in...

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