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Urgent Care or ER? With ‘One-Stop Shop,’ Hospitals Offer Both Under Same Roof

(By Phil Galewitz for KFF Health News) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Facing an ultracompetitive market in one of the nation’s fastest-growing

Eileen Cook August 2, 2024 Emergency department costs, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare redesign, Medicaid, medicare, Urgent Care

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It’s called an urgent care emergency center — but which is it?

(By Renuka Rayasam, Emily Siner for NPR) One evening last December, Tieqiao Zhang felt severe stomach pain. After it subsided

Eileen Cook June 20, 2024June 20, 2024 Emergency department costs, Healthcare Costs, Urgent Care

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How do facility fees contribute to rising emergency department costs?

By Hope Schwartz, Gary Claxton, Matthew Rae, and Cynthia Cox for Kaiser Family Foundation published March 27, 2023) The high

Eileen Cook March 27, 2023 Emergency department costs, No Surprises Act, Out of pocket costs, Price Transparency