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" Reimbursement for Emergency Department Electrocardiography and Radiograph Interpretations: What Is It Worth for the Emergency Physician "
Wu, Tina; Bell, Mark R.; Blakeman, James R.; Edwards, Irv; Mallon, William K.
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AL
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934527
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LA9880x5mj
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English
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Wu, Tina; Bell, Mark R.; Blakeman, James R.; Edwards, Irv; Mallon, William K.
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Reimbursement for Emergency Department Electrocardiography and Radiograph Interpretations: What Is It Worth for the Emergency Physician [Article]\ Wu, Tina; Bell, Mark R.; Blakeman, James R.; Edwards, Irv; Mallon, William K.
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Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
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10/3
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2009
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Background: Physician reimbursement laws for diagnostic interpretive services require that only those services provided contemporaneously and /or contribute directly to patient care can be billed for. Despite these regulations, cardiologists and radiologists in many hospitals continue to bill for ECG and plain film diagnostic services performed in the emergency department (ED). The reimbursement value of this care, which is disconnected in time and place from the ED patient encounter, is unknown. In a California community ED with a 32,000 annual census, the emergency physicians (EPs) alone, by contract, bill for all ECG readings and plain film interpretations when the radiologists are not available to provide contemporaneous readings.
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