Potentially preventable hospitalizations add about $31 billion annually to the nation’s health care spending. That’s more than four million hospital stays.
L.A. Care Health Plan, along with the State of California, the Medi-Cal Managed Care Division and 22 other contracted health plans, is launching a Health Education Campaign to reduce the number of Medi-Cal Managed Care members who use the Emergency Room (ER) for avoidable visits. An avoidable visit is a visit which could have more appropriately been managed by a primary care provider in an office or clinic setting.
It’s a fact that our nation’s and our county’s ERs are overburdened and overcrowded. But what can doctors, specialists, and clinics do to help?
WE NEED YOUR HELP
What You Can Do to Educate Your Patients
- Discuss with patients when a visit to the emergency room is appropriate given the patients medical history.
You may order the ER posters and brochures through L.A. Care’s Health Education Materials Order Form here.