Florida Hospitals Act Fast to Discharge Gun Victims Especially If Not Insured(kffhealthnews.org)
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Florida Hospitals Act Fast to Discharge Gun Victims Especially If Not Insured
https://kffhealthnews.org/public-health/florida-hospitals-guns-gunshot-firearm-wounds-uninsured-discharge-data-analysis/
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Wait, why are Medicaid patients getting the longest stays?
Because they know how to efficiently bilk Medicaid for those patients, while HMOs will fight over every line-item.
It’s possible that Medicaid has certain rules for a minimum stay before they will pay for rehab after the fact. I think there was a story recently floating around HN specifically talking about some similar requirement in Medicare leading to extra unnecessary (in the physician’s eyes) hospital days and delaying transfer to a proper rehab program, causing worse overall outcomes.