Sources of patient payment for services in the emergency department include:
- Commercial (private) medical insurance
- Government insurance
- Medicare
- Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- Worker’s compensation.
The Affordable Healthcare Act was signed into law in 2010. Since that time, there has been an increase in the percentage of patients with Medicaid and CHIP coverage, and a decline in the percentage of patients with commercial insurance and no insurance. For the third year in a row, Medicaid and CHIP makes up the highest percentage of patients.
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