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Emergency Care Management 2006 - Ambulance and Other Medical Transportation, Review Policy/Procedure

Posted on: Thursday, 19 January 2006, 09:00 CST

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c31097) has announced the addition of Emergency Care Management 2006 to their offering.

A 79-page toolbox of guidelines, benefit interpretations, policies and procedures for the effective management of appropriate and medically necessary emergency and urgent care services. Includes strategies for after-hours, emergency care, plus review criteria guidelines to develop an effective after-hours and emergency care program that will provide quality-driven care and meet most coverage determinations. References and resources include links to emergency care protocols and guidelines and other web resources.

Contents Include:

Emergency services

Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act

ER Authorization Systems

Benefit coverage - example language

Redirection

Appeals

Response time by providers for authorization

Limitations/exclusions

ER treatment review criteria matrix

Ambulance and other medical transportation, review policy/procedure

Reducing Emergency Room Visits - improving care and access in physician offices (New 12-05)

Physicians Utilization Guide for ER Care

ER utilization benchmarks

Emergency Care Overview - Clinical (update 8-05)

Emergency Care Committee

Mandatory Reports - Domestic Violence

ACLS Certification

Reimbursement for courses

Triage

Emergency 'On-site' Ambulatory Care Triage (update 6-05, 8-05)

Emergency Department Triage (New 8-05)

Emergency Telephone Triage

Case Management in the ED for High Utilizers (New 9-00, update 12-04)

Reducing ER Care Visits (New 11-05)

Office Emergency/Code Blue Policy and Procedure

Code Blue

Evaluation of Code Blue Response

Emergency Equipment

Adult Crash Cart: Content List

Crash Cart/Defibrillator Check Lists

Algorithms

Specialty Referral by UCC Physician Algorithm

Priority Care Appointment following UCC Visit

UCC Patient Disposition Algorithm

Pre-Admission Function/ER Algorithm

Reducing medication errors in the ER (New 12-05)

'Stat Nurse' Call

Provider Tips

ER Staffing and Related Issues

Chest Pain/Chest Pain Units

Dental Pain Management (New 11-04)

Diagnostic X-ray, Post-trauma: Cervical spine, Knee, Ankle and Foot

Patient Satisfaction with ER Services

Patient Education Intervention (added 11-04)

Advanced Directives

Addendum - Court definition of emergency for Medicaid services (New 9-05)

References - Emergency medical services

Resources - links to AAEM position statements, Hazmat, National Incident Management System - federal requirements, other (updated 12-05)

Emergency Medicine web sites

'Famous Last Words'

Our publication list

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c31097


Source: Business Wire

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