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Author: Thiago Halmer, MD, MBA
Thiago C. Halmer, MD, MBA is an emergency medicine physician in Houston, Texas.
Good Riddance to Closed Hospitals
Payment changes under the Affordable Care Act reduces the rate of growth in reimbursements for hospital services and reduces critical funding many hospitals rely on from disproportionate share and graduate medical education. These measures could strain hospital finances and accelerate Continue Reading …
ER Closures & Mortality at Nearby Hospitals
There has been an increase in demand for emergency care in the U.S., yet access to emergency rooms is diminishing. From 1996 to 2009, annual visits to Emergency Departments (EDs) increased by 51% while the number of EDs decreased by Continue Reading …