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Seems like some are missing the point. While in the ER I felt that I was in a used car dealership. That is. I felt the "team" was trying to push me into having their PA do the stitches because my insurance will pay them for that. Had a Plastic Surgeon come in, s/he would have been paid instead. It really felt like a business and that they were not focused on the best treatment. I would have paid out of pocket for plastics -- spoiled/ high maintenance/ whatever -- not the point. I feel the more important issue is that the hospital is so concerned about the money. A plastic surgeon will be called to r someone without insurance because better the surgeon gets stiffed than the hospital. So basically the hospital is refusing to give care because they will not be paid, however technically they are "not refusing care" because they will call in their free labor to do it. Yuck!!
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This is not correct. The ER still gets paid for the ER visit, no matter who stitches up the wound. If the plastic surgeon had come in, you (or your insurer) would have received two bills, one from the hospital and one from the surgeon. It's no different from if you were having surgery at the hospital--there is a bill from the hospital and a separate bill from the surgeon.

The PA is not "free labor." The hospital pays his/her salary.[/quote]

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