Emergency Medicine

Slow Hospital Visit Recovery Suggests Telehealth Here to Stay

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Hospital visit recovery may be hitting another bump in the road as new consumer research indicates that patients prefer telehealth services and other alternative care options. The new data from...

CMS Selects Participants for New Emergency Care Payment Model

by Samantha McGrail

CMS announced it selected 205 applications who will participate in the Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3) Model, a payment model that ensures beneficiaries’ access to emergency...

Avoidable Hospital ED Visits Cost Healthcare System $32B Annually

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Reducing avoidable hospital emergency department (ED) visits is key to lowering healthcare spending, according to new research from UnitedHealth Group. The managed care company recently reported that...

Freestanding Emergency Departments Cost 22 Times More Than Doctor

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Shifting care from freestanding emergency departments to physician offices and urgent care centers would save over $3,000 per visit, showed a recent brief from the managed care company UnitedHealth...