Last updated Apr 10, 2021 at 5:19PM | Published on Jun 9, 2015 | Urgent Care
Transfer to ED One of my biggest pet peeves is transferring patients to the ER because of the inability to obtain confirmatory diagnostic testing for potentially serious conditions. We all know the ER cost of admission – 4-5 X what it costs to treat the same condition...
Last updated Apr 10, 2021 at 5:19PM | Published on Dec 11, 2014 | DOT Exams, Urgent Care
FMCSA AND URGENT CARE Over 90% of urgent care centers provide some type of occupational medicine services. These services typically include drug screens, employee physicals, worker’s compensation injury care and other testing and specialized exams. Among the most...
Last updated Apr 10, 2021 at 5:19PM | Published on Sep 26, 2014 | Urgent Care
Instructions for Reporting Driver Exam Results The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has heard from many of you asking how to submit driver exam results to the National Registry. How Do I Submit Driver Exam Results? Go to the National Registry...
Last updated Apr 10, 2021 at 5:19PM | Published on May 13, 2014 | DOT Exams, Urgent Care
If we need to order extra testing for example; echo, sleepstudies, extra blood work, does that get billed to their personalinsurance?Do we hold the certification as suggested or give them a temp fail untiltesting is finished, requiring a repeat office visit and or...
Last updated Apr 10, 2021 at 5:19PM | Published on Mar 16, 2014 | DOT Exams, Urgent Care
Can a person be passed if he/she is primarily spanish speaking-can converse in engish– but can not write and read english well?Apparently they’ve been passed in the past. This is often a frustrating issue for medical examiners. According to FMCSA...
Last updated Apr 10, 2021 at 5:19PM | Published on Jun 8, 2013 | Urgent Care
The manager of several hospital affiliated urgent care centers asked me for some advice about his staffing model. The centers are open 7 AM to 10 PM M-F, and 8-5 on weekends. Staffed with mostly NPs, they rotated through the centers, alternating 7-3 and 3 – 10...
