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Using payment to ensure appropriate access to and use of hospital emergency department services (2)

June 15, 2018

The Congress should reduce Type A emergency department rates by 30 percent for off-campus stand-alone emergency departments that are within six miles of an on-campus hospital emergency department.

Using payment to ensure appropriate access to and use of hospital emergency department services (2)

Appeared in: June 2018 - Chapter 2

Topics: Hospital and Regional issues.