State legislators in Florida who responded to a recent Tampa Bay Times survey overwhelming support three measures designed to reign in trauma activation fees. Suggested measures include requiring the state to analyze and publish hospitals’ trauma activation fees, requiring hospitals to base fees on actual trauma center costs, and capping activation fees. Full Story
Author: Trauma News
The Hospital Corporation of America announced in April that it will waive trauma center activation fees for patients who are uninsured, according to a Tampa Bay Times report. HCA activation fees for Florida trauma centers averaged $27,644 during the first half of 2013. Full Story
Sanford Sheldon Medical Center in Sheldon, Ia., has been recertified by the Iowa Department of Public Health as a Level IV (or “Community”) trauma center. Read More
MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland has been verified as an adult Level II trauma center by the ACS. The medical center launched its trauma service in 2012. Read More
The ACS has verified Upstate University Hospital and Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., as Level 1 trauma centers. New York adopted the ACS review process in 2012. The two hospitals are the first in the state to receive ACS verification. Read More