Out-of-Network Emergency-Physician Bills — An Unwelcome Surprise

Patients who seek care at in-network emergency departments may learn later that they owe thousands of dollars for a treating physician who isn’t in their plan’s network. But states could require hospitals to sell a bundled ED care package including physician services.

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From the School of Public Health and Department of Economics (Z.C.) and the School of Management (F.S.M.), Yale University, New Haven, CT.