Recession-proof your facility
Case Management Monthly, April 1, 2009
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As healthcare premiums escalate and unemployment rates skyrocket, so does the number of the uninsured and underinsured. With seemingly no other resources available to them, the uninsured are increasingly looking at the ED as a place to receive routine healthcare. When people look at cuts in their finances, there is a tendency to reduce routine visits and wait until illnesses escalate to dire levels before seeking medical treatment?practices that put an enormous strain on hospital resources, says Matt Boettcher, LCSW, MSW, director of case management at St. Joseph?s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix.
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