You may want to think twice come November 1st if you are considering visiting a local emergency room owned and operated by Memorial.
Starting November 1st, patients determined to have conditions that are not medical emergencies will be required to pay their insurance co-pay or pay a $200 deposit toward the cost of care for non-urgent care in the emergency room.
Those with non-urgent medical issues will be steered to one of Memorial’s walk in clinics for care.
This was just announced by Memorial today in an effort to relieve congestion and wait times in its emergency rooms in South Mississippi.
Good for them. People come here like it’s a damn doctors office
No worse than that. Dr visits you need an appointment. They use is like a free walk in clinic
Its about time! I work in the ER and the abuse we see by patients using this as their primary care facility is simply overwhelming and causing a huge financial burden for hospitals nationwide…. Particularly for the patients that are on federal or state provided heathcare… Usually these folks are seen routinely in the ER, we call them our frequent fliers.
It’s about time…