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Friday, July 22, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From
Health Affairs
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The news about Amazon acquiring One Medical sent shockwaves throughout
the industry. There's no better time to revisit Lalita Abhyankar's
limited podcast series Piecemeal
which
focuses on independent primary care consolidation.
Emergency Care Costs
Emergency care leaves patients financially vulnerable, as they face
limited options in seeking immediate care. In these situations, self-pay
patients who do not bill insurance for hospital services are among the
most financially vulnerable.
For the July 2022 issue, Morgan Henderson and Morgane Mouslim conduct a
national analysis of cash prices
for emergency department (ED) facility fees.
After sampling 1,621 hospitals across the nation, Henderson and Mouslim
find that "hospital for-profit status and a bed count of 251 or more
beds were associated with higher cash prices for ED facility fees."
At the same time, the authors point out that location in a county with a
poverty rate of 16 percent or more was correlated with lower facility
fee cash prices.
The findings of the descriptive study demonstrate that for-profit
status, higher bed count, affiliation with a health system, and lower
local area poverty rate each correlate with higher ED facility fee cash
prices.
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The 988 Lifeline, Mental Health, And More
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Hospital And Regional Characteristics Associated With Emergency
Department Facility Fee Cash Pricing
Morgan A. Henderson and Morgane C. Mouslim
By Perpetuating Substance Use Disorder Stigma, Public Housing Policy
Causes Harm
Tamar Chukrun et al.
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