“Today, freestanding ERs are an essential part of Texas’ medical infrastructure, and without them, too many patients’ medical needs wouldn’t be met. Independent emergency centers exist for three simple reasons: to provide better, faster and less expensive emergency medical care. By Texas law, insurers are required to pay emergency medical claims at in-network rates. Misleading patients about that is unethical.”
Read the full article, written by Rhonda Sandel, and published by the Houston Chronicle: Full article