From Hospitals & Health Networks:
Some hospitals are taking a different approach to reducing the use of emergency departments for minor health problems: charging patients who show up for what the hospital considers to be a non- urgent situation with an up-front fee. In 2004, a Houston-area hospital was the first member of the HCA system to charge an up-front ED fee for nonurgent care, according to HCA spokesperson Ed Fishbough. Since then, similar policies have been implemented at 76 of 163 HCA hospitals.
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