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COBRA was not a complete solution, and in the years after its passage, hospitals struggled with creating appropriate discharge protocols and the cost of providing health care for homeless patients. [14] Statistically, Texas and Illinois had the highest rates of patient dumping because of economic difficulties. [5]
Hospitals cannot discharge a patient prior to stabilization if the patient's insurance is canceled or if the patient otherwise discontinues payment during the course of stay. If the hospital does not have the capability to treat the condition, the hospital must make an "appropriate" transfer of the patient to another hospital with such capability.
Patient elected to stay in the hospital. On hospital day 2 surgical intervention was recommended.” ... and continue to refuse surgical intervention,” the documents state. ... to the patient ...
Complete Refusal: The patient refuses to be evaluated by EMS entirely. Evaluation with Refusal: The patient allows EMS to perform an evaluation, including vital signs and an assessment, before refusing further care or transport. Partial Refusal: The patient consents to some aspects of care but refuses specific actions, such as C-spine precautions.
Of the 43,000 employees at the New York City's 11 public hospitals, about 5,000 were not vaccinated, Dr. Mitchell Katz, head of NYC Health + Hospitals, said at the news conference with de Blasio.
Hospitals had reached a crisis point as they strained to give more people routine care while COVID-19 hospitalizations driven by the Delta variant were surging. [11] For the week ending August 15, the country reported 911,529 new infections, with an average of more than 130,000 cases a day.
One woman miscarried in the lobby restroom of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day ...
The hospital announced these changes in September 2017, which included not allowing police officers in patient-care areas and having them speak with "house supervisors" instead of nurses. [37] On October 31, 2017, Wubbels and her attorney announced that Salt Lake City and the University of Utah had agreed to settle the incident for $500,000.