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Originally Posted by Guest
Are you sure it was because of their financial status? And why were you doing a wallet biopsy?
None of my hospitals ever turned an ambulance away, unless they were on diversion resulting from being slammed and unable to take care of the existing patients.
Even when we didn't provide the specific service the patient was expected to require, we had to accept and stabilize the patient. Then we had to find a hospital that provided that service and would accept the patient.
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Every state has laws that treat ambulance calls differently. I had to divert to county hospitals when a patient said that they were not insured, and their injuries/illnesses were not life threatening. I also had to transport patients FROM hospital ER's that determined that the patients were not insured and they had been stabilized to county hospitals as well.
I am sure, I did it many times.