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How emergency rooms really make their money

Introduction

The purpose behind this research paper is to understand the common ideas people have regarding emergency rooms and how they make money in actuality. We will begin by assessing some of the common held thoughts regarding the topic and will ultimately build our way to a surprising reversal strategy that refutes the common perceptions.

Discussion

According to the ACEP (2012) Emergency care only represents 2% of the nation's health care expenditure. The average cost incurred in providing health care depends on the severity of the illness, the bill is only a minor amount and only by the inclusion of complex examinations can doctors request an extensive testing to be conducted. The major categories related to emergency bills are a cumulative of service, medication, laboratory tests and supplies. The overall fees a patient has to pay is approximately only 20% of the total charge of the visit. Hence people consider that emergency rooms make money by referring patients to more costly testing's

According to Decker, a comparison of the salaries clearly proves that ER doctors and staff earn relatively less than any other surgeon. So the question is how does the emergency room make money? Dr. Levine (2010) accounts his perception that in most cases that he has seen emergency doctors make money by admitting most patients, who will ultimately account for a greater amount of money than normal treatment, however he also notes that patients who are not insured will not be admitted only the ones who can pay for it are admitted mostly on false grounds or further testing which might not be necessary but since the doctor's will end up claiming it was just to be on the safe side and smirk their smiles patients hardly pay much attention to why they had to go through that treatment if there was no need for it. In case of the patients who are not insured many people have witnessed ER specialists overlook ailments are hurriedly treat them in order to pay their attention on those patients who they can rob of money. According to a study conducted by the California medical association many hospitals face great financial loss when patients with no medical insurance walk into the hospital for medical treatment, so instead of turning them down they compensate themselves by robbing the ones with insurance. Many myths about how doctors make money include, many Emergency rooms allow medical TV drama's like grey's anatomy to use their hospital's ER, some people also believe emergency rooms earn more if they have a more qualified doctor with a higher degree.

Thesis:

When I heard people's concepts on how hospital emergency rooms make money I knew there was a lot more then people considered. In actuality hospital emergency rooms make money by adding unnecessary charges to the bill and by always in every case using the most expensive option instead of opting for the cheaper alternative available.

This finding might shock many people who consider doctor's and emergency ...