/tags/emergency-room Emergency Room en-US Copyright Wed, 23 May 2018 20:18:22 GMT /news-partners/2018-05-23/anthem-policy-discouraging-avoidable-emergency-room-visits-faces-criticism Under the health insurer's policy, Anthem can retroactively restrict or deny coverage if the company decides that a visit to the emergency room could have been avoided. Wed, 23 May 2018 20:18:22 GMT /news-partners/2018-05-23/anthem-policy-discouraging-avoidable-emergency-room-visits-faces-criticism Samantha Raphelson /news-partners/2018-02-20/er-reduces-opioid-use-by-more-than-half-with-dry-needles-laughing-gas Opioid prescriptions in one of the busiest emergency rooms in the U.S dropped 58 percent in the first year of an unusual program to help stem the opioid epidemic. More hospitals are copying the model. Tue, 20 Feb 2018 18:02:00 GMT /news-partners/2018-02-20/er-reduces-opioid-use-by-more-than-half-with-dry-needles-laughing-gas Hansi Lo Wang /side-effects-public-media/2017-12-29/can-freestanding-ers-replace-rural-americas-struggling-hospitals-its-complicated When the hospital closed in rural Ellington, Missouri, a town of about 1,000, the community lost its only emergency room, too. That was 2016. That same... Sat, 30 Dec 2017 02:47:53 GMT /side-effects-public-media/2017-12-29/can-freestanding-ers-replace-rural-americas-struggling-hospitals-its-complicated Bram Sable-Smith /news/2017-12-19/some-er-visits-wont-be-covered-by-new-blue-cross-blue-shield-policy Health insurance provider Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will stop covering certain emergency room visits starting in 2018. The American College of… Wed, 20 Dec 2017 01:59:01 GMT /news/2017-12-19/some-er-visits-wont-be-covered-by-new-blue-cross-blue-shield-policy Adora Namigadde