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Washington State is considering a new policy: "Emergency room visits in the Medicaid program will be limited to three non-emergent visits per year."

Posted by James Bond (aka Igor) (aka Igor) Sep 12 '11, 18:03

Interesting

On one hand that is good because people overuse the ER for nonsense. BUT, how does a regular person know what an emergency is?

Oh look..
Hypoglycemic coma is not an emergency..
WTF? Asthma w status asthmat is on the list?
http://www.wsha.org/files/65/Non-Emergency%20Conditions.pdf

pg 2 (www.wsma.org)

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A hypoglycemic coma would pretty much be the same thing as a low blood sugar-induced seizure or episode. yes? - kelly Sep 12, 18:15 4
- Yeah, a coma due to low blood glucose. Pretty crazy indeed. I guess giving glucose will resolve the coma but you expect people in the field to figure - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 12, 18:24 3
  - But, someone in that state wouldn't be able to eat or drink - you'd have to hope that someone close to them would know to, say, rub maple syrup under - kelly Sep 12, 18:29 2
    - sugar water enema -- nm - dogbert Sep 12, 18:32 1
      - Is it Monday already? -- nm - TWuG Sep 12, 18:33
we've coddled these sick poor people long enough -- nm - moles Sep 12, 18:13 3
- What would Jesus do? -- nm - Bacon Sep 12, 18:14 2
  - he'd go broke from not getting paid and then being sued, then he would have to change careers -- nm - dogbert Sep 12, 18:27
  - he wouldn't heal them without proof of payment, that's for sure -- nm - moles Sep 12, 18:15
One problem. If you have three during the year are they going to send you away for a stab wound? -- nm - Bacon Sep 12, 18:08 12
- a stab wound is emergent. the follow up wound check would not be -- nm - dogbert Sep 12, 18:15 4
  - For that I'd expect them to be directed to urgent care. -- nm - Ender Sep 12, 18:45 1
    - the people who actually abuse the system don't follow up as they are directed to. a wound check also isn't emergent or urgent, but the abusers will - dogbert Sep 12, 18:59
  - Is everyone misspelling "emergency" or am I learning a new meaning for the word "emergent"? -- nm - TWuG Sep 12, 18:22 1
    - new meaning. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 18:53
- That would be an emergent case and thus wouldn't fall under the 3 non-emergent limit. -- nm - Ender Sep 12, 18:12
- Naw, the hospital will just get screwed. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 12, 18:09
- Lawsuit waiting to happen. Good in theory, they won't enforce it. -- nm - Epphany Sep 12, 18:09 4
  - The laws already exist where you can't turn people away from ERs -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 12, 18:09 3
    - So conflicting laws -- nm - Epiphany Sep 12, 18:19 2
      - I think the end result will just mean the hospitals get screwed. Because people will still go to ERs and then not pay. You can't turn people away. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 12, 18:26 1
        
        and eventually they will shut down their emergency rooms because it looses too much money and people with emergencys are screwed -- nm - dogbert Sep 12, 18:28

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