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Thursday, August 09, 2007The facility turns one year old today, and though the data are preliminary, the approach seems to be working pretty well. The satellite ER has treated 22,000 patients, cut the traffic (a little) at the main ER for its parent hospital, Shady Grove Adventist, and halved the time ambulances spend waiting to disgorge patients. A full report will be made later this year to the state’s General Assembly, which had to write special rules to allow the ER to open. One big problem: The federal government has so far refused to pay for Medicare and Medicaid patients treated at the freestanding ER. Without those key sources of hospital revenue, the center lost $3.8 million in its first year. Now why won't they pay? Did they get caught up in the morass of red tape that traps many a provider when they change their location? (It often takes up to six months to get a payment from Medicare if you change your address or business name, but I've never heard of it taking a year.) posted by Sydney on 8/09/2007 08:56:00 AM 3 comments 3 Comments:It is hard to believe that anyone thinks it is working"pretty well" if they don't get paid. Now that is "business model" that ought really catch on.
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