To: RnMomof7
I hope you nice RNs come out on top. I had to go to an ER a few weeks ago and it was very troubling to see the clientle there. Nobody seemed to be having an emergency, or to be able to speak English. Lo and behold, last week I read that the hospital(Nassau County Medical Center, NY) is in serious, serious debt(unpaid bills), and this a huge up to date hospital. What to do, what to do.......
To: 4.1O dana super trac pak; RnMomof7
that the hospital(Nassau County Medical Center, NY) is in serious, serious debt(unpaid bills), and this a huge up to date hospital. What to do, what to do....... Our hospital here in Sierra Vista, AZ (15 miles from the U.S./Mexico border) is writing off the cost of treating illegals/uninsureds as bad (uncollectable) debt. They come in and apply for AHCCCS (AZ Medicaid) with false info, they are treated, and when AHCCCS sends back a denial, there is no way to track down the patient for payment.
This practice has caused the closure of all but one trauma center in Tucson and all but one OB ward (ours) in Cochise County...
And it isn't limited to the border states, is it?
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09/24/2003 2:33:44 PM PDT by
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