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> I remain unconvinced that running an entire separate practice is obviously cheaper than adding primary care doctors to ERs. I'm sure it makes more financial
by chimeracoder 9y ago
> I remain unconvinced that running an entire separate practice is obviously cheaper than adding primary care doctors to ERs. I'm sure it makes more financial sense given the current regulatory and reimbursement regimes.
Emergency medicine and primary care are completely different settings. "Adding primary car doctors to ERs" doesn't really make any sense. The structure of care delivery is completely different.
- maxerickson 9y agoIs the structure of care delivery different for good reasons or is it different because ERs don't make accommodations in their care delivery for the many non-emergency cases that walk into ERs? (and of course they don't because they aren't going to bill insurance companies any less than they can consistently get them to pay)
- chimeracoder 9y ago> Is the structure of care delivery different for good reasons or is it different because ERs don't make accommodations in their care delivery for the many non-emergency cases that walk into ERs? Yes, the actual structure of care that is delivered is entirely different. You can't just stick primary care inside an ER and expect it to work. The two aren't similar.