Are trends in billing for high-intensity emergency care explained by changes in services provided in the emergency department? An observational study among US Medicare beneficiaries

OBJECTIVE: There has been concern that an increase in billing for high-intensity emergency care is due to changes in coding practices facilitated by electronic health records. We sought to characterise the trends in billing for high-intensity emergency care among Medicare beneficiaries and to examin...

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Published in:BMJ Open
Main Authors: Burke, Laura G, Wild, Robert C, Orav, E John, Hsia, Renee Y
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5829666/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29382680
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019357
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