future_nurse_Alex
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1) Yes, the screening is done by an MD or PA but it may be an hour or so after the patient has been triaged, especially on a busy day. That gives me plenty of time to get all the registration paperwork finished before the doc ever goes in - no delay in screening. 2) Our docs and PAs don't know about the patients' insurance because it is handled by registration personnel and the information is not shared with them, it goes out to their billing service the next day.
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I don't know where the myth comes from that one can't ask for insurance information prior to medical screening. My hospital has the same dumb rule but no one has ever shown me the part of the Act that states that. Here is what it does say: http://www.aaem.org/emtala/1867.shtml (h) NO DELAY IN EXAMINATION OR TREATMENT -- A participating hospital may not delay provision of an appropriate medical screening examination required under subsection (a) or further medical examination and treatment required under subsection (b) in order to inquire about the individual's method of payment or insurance status. The way I read it, once the patient is triaged and waiting to be seen by a physician, you can get all their information as long as you're not delaying their screening. Alex PS: If anyone finds the paragraph that says no insurance info until after screening, please post it. Thank you.
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Apparently some cultures believe that pain/illness is punishment for bad deeds. Maybe that's what he was trying to get at - a psychosomatic something or other.
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Hi, I will be graduating May 2006 (and it won't come too soon). Planning to relocate to the Miami area. Last week, spring break, I talked to the nursing recruiter at Aventura hospital - he said they have a 6 week classroom preparation followed by a 6-12 month preceptorship for new grads, this sounded really good to me. Plus, the hospital looked really nice inside and outside. I didn't ask about pay and didn't have time to visit any other hospitals. Could you all please share the good, the bad, and the ugly, on Miami area hospitals, and if you know, how much they start new grads at? Thanks, Alex