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Insurance Companies Force Emergency Departments Out of Network, Shift Costs to Patients

By Erin L. Simon, DO, FACEP; Carrie de Moor, MD, FACEP; John Dayton, MD, FACEP, FAAEM; and Gillian R. Schmitz, MD, FACEP | on July 17, 2019 | 0 Comment
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  1. Simon EL, Dark C, Kovacs M, et al. Variation in hospital admission rates between a tertiary care and two freestanding emergency departments. Am J Emerg Med. 2018;36(6):967-971.

Dr. SimonDr. Simon is associate professor at the Northeast Ohio Medical University in Rootstown, research director for Cleveland Clinic Akron General emergency department in Akron, Ohio, and Medical Director of the Cleveland Clinic Bath emergency department.

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Dr. de MoorDr. de Moor is CEO of Code 3 Emergency Partners in Frisco, Texas, and chair and founder of Code 3 Emergency Physicians.

Dr. DaytonDr. Dayton is adjunct assistant professor at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, FSED Alpha Team for US Acute Care Solutions, and chair of ACEP’s Freestanding Emergency Centers Section.

Dr. SchmitzDr. Schmitz is associate professor at the F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences at San Antonio Military Medical Center.

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Topics: EMTALAFreestanding Emergency DepartmentsOut-of-Networksurprise billing

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