Managed care gatekeeping, emergency medicine coding, and insurance reimbursement outcomes for 980 emergency department visits from four states nationwide

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 24-30

  Young, Gary P ^a,b   Ellis, Jack ^a,b   Becher, John ^c   Yeh, Charlotte ^d   Kovar, Jay ^e   Levitt, M Andrew ^a,b  

^a HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL FEE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 0036147167     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2002.118864     Document Type: Article

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