In today’s healthcare scenario,Emergency medicine (EM) practice have assumed enormous importance due to ever-increasing natural as well as man-made disasters, not to speak of acute health problems created by changing lifestyle and fast-spaced competitive environment. Few people appreciate the importance of emergency medical services until they are the ones having an emergency.
The EM Practice Fact Box :
- 1. Heavy Patient influx !EM services have emerged as the gateway for hospitals, and account for more than 50% of hospital admissions in the US.
- 2. According to the US Health Directorate, there was a spike in the number of patients who were seen in first 10 minutes (wait time) in 2012 (23.5%)as compared against 2009 (18.62%).
- 3. Thought-provoking !Every year, around 300,000 persons in the US experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), and approximately 92% of these die, according to Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- 4. Food for Thought !The majority of persons who experience an OHCA event do not receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or other timely interventions.
- 5. Revenue Potential !According to OIG (Office of Inspector General, US Department of Health & Social Services) between 2001 and 2010, Medicare payments for EM services increased by 48%, from more than $22 billion to more than $33 billion.
- 6. A surprise ! In a survey of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) leaders in the 200 largest American cities, the Journal of Emergency Medical Services found that 44 % of the areas surveyed had made budget cuts to emergency response services in 2012.
Against this back drop, it is not surprising that overworked EM physicians are unable to keep abreast of the constantly evolving and changing clinical codes and related modifiers. This situation is further aggravated due to impeding implementation of ICD-10 and the spate of on-going EM inventions and enhancements. The ever-shrinking reimbursement pool in EM forces every emergency clinic to focus on revenue cycle maximization strategies or face extinction.
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