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Originally Posted by gerryann
You are certainly correct that they NEED the beds, but going about releasing the beds is another matter. I was at urgent care recently. The Dr. wanted me to get a particular test that had to be done in the hospital. He told me to walk across the street to the hospital and he would send the orders over for the test. I walked over, they admitted me into a bed in the emergency room....walking past MANY sick and injured folks on gurneys in the hall way. I explained that I do NOT need a bed...only a test. they admitted me anyway. After blood work and a couple hours wait, they took me for the test....then back to the room that I didn't need. They kept me waiting in the room for another 4 hours while I waited for results, then a Dr to release me...all the while taking up a bed (really the room, I never got in the bed). On my way out I still saw many folks in the hall that needed a room. Two in particular had very bloody heads. Didnt have any idea why this incident happened this way....I was not sick, nor in an emergency situation...Is it possible that they saw that I had private insurance and not Medicare??? I hope thats not the case, but I did feel ridiculous taking the room away from those that needed it.
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There are a great many rules & regulations that govern hospital operations, treatments and so forth. It's an absolute gobbledegook of federal & state silliness. I certainly don't know about your personal situation, and I'm not going to pretend to know much about all the rules & regs. However with that said, there is most likely a reason that you were given that room that had something to do with procedures that some agency requires the hosptial to do in your particular case. A lot of times none of it makes sense, but you would be surprised just how many picky rules hospitals have to follow to get paid. It may not make any sense to you, and it most likely makes no sense to the doctor or hospital, but they have to follow these rules. Very likely that was the reason that you were assigned a room in the ER.