The payer industry continues to move toward value-based payment models, and EM continues to face increasing reimbursement challenges and pressures. It has become more important than ever that your patient collection protocols be sharply defined using the best available metrics to legitimately collect the revenue you deserve.
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Holstein is director of development at Zotec Partners.
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One Response to “How Today’s Paying Emergency Department Patients Are Changing”
August 7, 2016
Myles Riner MDAlthough Medicaid coverage for patients generates more revenue than uninsured patients, Medicaid patients are more likely to use the ED once they have coverage. You have to also consider how many more provider hours are required to provide these additional services, and Medicaid rarely pays enough in most States to cover these costs. Thus the overall effect on hospital and EP group revenues net of costs may be NEGATIVE, especially in areas where Medicaid coverage is not matched by access to primary and urgent care services for Medicaid patients. We hear lots of stories about revenue increases for hospitals when States increase Medicaid coverage, but very little or nothing about the sufficiency of these revenues when it comes to meeting the increased demand on EP services.