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This panel discusses why non-emergency stretcher transportation should be a part of the family of transit services. MRSA is also discussed because of the prevalence of this bacterium in medical facilities, including ambulances.
If the reimbursement rate for Medicaid means that having two people carrying a stretcher is untenable in some circumstances, it seems like there are two things that can happen: either the reimbursement rate goes up or you have stretchers operated by one person. What can transportation providers do? It seems like this is a place for technical innovations, since they can't control the reimbursement rate. Are there types of stretchers that can be safely operated by one person?
amcgeveran 2 years ago
I didn't know that an agency would knowingly send out one operator to do a stretcher transport. This seems amazingly dangerous for both the patient and the operator.
MBowe10 2 years ago
I did not know that a program would knowingly send out one person to transport a stretcher. There are an amazing number of ways this could go wrong.
MBowe10 2 years ago