Use Of Telemedicine For ED Physician Coverage In Critical Access Hospitals Increased After CMS Policy Clarification
Abstract
There is a chronic shortage of physicians to cover emergency departments (EDs) in critical access hospitals. A 2013 memorandum from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services clarified that a telemedicine physician could fulfill the regulatory requirements for physician backup when advanced practice providers were at telemedicine-equipped critical access hospital EDs but local physicians were not. In a sample of nineteen hospitals, coverage...
Paper Details
Title
Use Of Telemedicine For ED Physician Coverage In Critical Access Hospitals Increased After CMS Policy Clarification
Published Date
Dec 1, 2018
Journal
Volume
37
Issue
12
Pages
2037 - 2044
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