You Be the Coder:
EDs Brace for Payer Changes
Published on Mon Feb 04, 2019
Question: Our ED heard at a conference last weekend that our Blue Cross Blue Shield payer may stop paying for ED visits if the patient isn’t actually experiencing an emergency. But we can’t find anything online about it. Is this accurate? Mississippi Subscriber Answer: Unfortunately, you heard correctly. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi announced on December 18 that, effective [...]