tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 11

Studies & Surveys: Emergency Care Costs Doctors $4.2 Billion a Year

Think it's just emergency department physicians who suffer from unreimbursed emergency care? You're off your gurney.In fact, chances are your office picks up the tab for tens of thousands of dollars in emergency care that you can't retrieve a penny for. The average physician shoulders about $12,300 per year in bad debt due to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, which requires physicians to screen and treat emergency patients regardless of ability to pay, according to a new study by the American Medical Association.Sure, ED physicians take the biggest bite of the rotten apple...

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