Anonymous wrote:Probably an increase in patients because of ridiculous insurance co-pays.

We used to rarely use urgent care. Now my co-pay for a family doctor or pediatrician visit is $70. For a specialist, $120. For the ER, $350.

But my co-pay for urgent care is $60. It makes no sense that is cheaper for me to go to urgent care than make an appt for my doctor. But health insurance has become a racket. Co-pays going up, physician compensation by them going down.

I have doubt that they are absolutely frightened of telemedicine.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

...struggling with limited staffing and a rising numbers of patients...

NP. So if the number of patients incease, you decrease the number of treatment centers? That's like closing fire houses because there are too many fires. Just have fewer fires? The article even mentions these are are not emergency room type or covid related visits. So, now, a skinned knee needs the emergency room. Hire some more people.

If they don't have people applying for these healthcare positions -- and that is a frequent theme right now for obvious reasons -- then how are they supposed to hire them?

They can't just bake up a batch of healthcare providers, like gingerbread people in an oven.

+1

And stop rushing to urgent care or the ER over a skinned knee! Clean it and bandage it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

...struggling with limited staffing and a rising numbers of patients...

NP. So if the number of patients incease, you decrease the number of treatment centers? That's like closing fire houses because there are too many fires. Just have fewer fires? The article even mentions these are are not emergency room type or covid related visits. So, now, a skinned knee needs the emergency room. Hire some more people.

If they don't have people applying for these healthcare positions -- and that is a frequent theme right now for obvious reasons -- then how are they supposed to hire them?

They can't just bake up a batch of healthcare providers, like gingerbread people in an oven.

Offer better pay? Offer other accomodations.

Obviously that is not useful. They are closing.

Anonymous wrote:

...struggling with limited staffing and a rising numbers of patients...

NP. So if the number of patients incease, you decrease the number of treatment centers? That's like closing fire houses because there are too many fires. Just have fewer fires? The article even mentions these are are not emergency room type or covid related visits. So, now, a skinned knee needs the emergency room. Hire some more people.

Hire some more people? Have you been paying attention for the last 18 months? At all?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

...struggling with limited staffing and a rising numbers of patients...

NP. So if the number of patients incease, you decrease the number of treatment centers? That's like closing fire houses because there are too many fires. Just have fewer fires? The article even mentions these are are not emergency room type or covid related visits. So, now, a skinned knee needs the emergency room. Hire some more people.

If they don't have people applying for these healthcare positions -- and that is a frequent theme right now for obvious reasons -- then how are they supposed to hire them?

They can't just bake up a batch of healthcare providers, like gingerbread people in an oven.

Offer better pay? Offer other accomodations.

Probably an increase in patients because of ridiculous insurance co-pays.

We used to rarely use urgent care. Now my co-pay for a family doctor or pediatrician visit is $70. For a specialist, $120. For the ER, $350.

But my co-pay for urgent care is $60. It makes no sense that is cheaper for me to go to urgent care than make an appt for my doctor. But health insurance has become a racket. Co-pays going up, physician compensation by them going down.

Anonymous wrote:

...struggling with limited staffing and a rising numbers of patients...

NP. So if the number of patients incease, you decrease the number of treatment centers? That's like closing fire houses because there are too many fires. Just have fewer fires? The article even mentions these are are not emergency room type or covid related visits. So, now, a skinned knee needs the emergency room. Hire some more people.

Using your terrible analogy…..You close the fire houses because there’s no one to fight the fires. Why give people hope. They think help is near and they die.
peopke can just plan/know and use the farther firehouse -setting expectations. It may take longer. But there are workers there.

Anonymous wrote:

...struggling with limited staffing and a rising numbers of patients...

NP. So if the number of patients incease, you decrease the number of treatment centers? That's like closing fire houses because there are too many fires. Just have fewer fires? The article even mentions these are are not emergency room type or covid related visits. So, now, a skinned knee needs the emergency room. Hire some more people.

If they don't have people applying for these healthcare positions -- and that is a frequent theme right now for obvious reasons -- then how are they supposed to hire them?

They can't just bake up a batch of healthcare providers, like gingerbread people in an oven.

...struggling with limited staffing and a rising numbers of patients...

NP. So if the number of patients incease, you decrease the number of treatment centers? That's like closing fire houses because there are too many fires. Just have fewer fires? The article even mentions these are are not emergency room type or covid related visits. So, now, a skinned knee needs the emergency room. Hire some more people.

Anonymous wrote:It says they cannot staff them. So, what can they do?

+1

This isn’t some big conspiracy.

They just can staff them. Welcome to 2021.

It says they cannot staff them. So, what can they do?

Anonymous wrote:I am not following your theory. Could you try rewriting it a bit more clearly?

+1

Maybe they just aren't getting a lot of patients in those sites? It's too bad because I used the Tysons one a lot and it was always a convenient place that could take my insurance.

I am not following your theory. Could you try rewriting it a bit more clearly?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/10/09/inova-urgent-care-closure/

INOVA Reston is near the Reston Hospital. There are primary care doctors in the areas closed. However an off hours or can't get a quick appointment or an emergency that doesn't potentially require hospitalization should not mean a trip to a hospital ER which appears to be the goal. Along with far higher costs- physicians group bill, ER presence bill, tests.

Reston is opening a 24/7 Tysons ER center in 2022- for serious issues it will transport patients to Reston Hospital. In the article:
Inova choose to close urgent-care centers that were near sites such as emergency rooms or primary-care offices, Connell wrote in an email. “We will continue to monitor patient volume and reopen locations as soon as possible,” she wrote.

So where in NOVA is a place not near numerous primary care doctors? Purcellville? https://www.inova.org/locations?&type[]=361
Centreville, Chantilly. North Arlington, Purcellville, Reston, Tysons, Vienna, West Springfield

Tysons closure -site near Vienna. Is this really about non INOVA hospitals near Reston and North Arlington?