The newest story in my ER billing series: He went to an in-network emergency room. He still ended up with a $7,924 bill. Diving into the high frequency of out-of-network billing at in-network ERs.https://www.vox.com/2018/5/23/17353284/emergency-room-doctor-out-of-network …
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The surgeon works in the hospital. Not the ER. Surgeries take place in the OR. Different site.
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Fair enough, but I think from the patient perspective this looks pretty different. The surgeon comes into the ER, consults with the patient there. He is working in and seeing patients in the ER.
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If anything this illustrates the difficulty in maintaining an ER call roster. Most oral surgeons work out of offices/surgicenters. They don’t have to (and many don’t!) take ER call. Same applies to ENT, Optho, Plastics, many other specialties 1/x
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Many hospitals frequently have big gaps in their call roster, and this is one of the reasons: they have to deal w insurance nonpayment (in addition to many other hassles).
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So it’s a “hospital employs out-of-network surgeons” issue, then.
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You could have fixed the headline by adding on “from the oral surgeon”
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