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by arkades
2563 days ago
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Urgent Care centers do not have hospital privileges and cannot admit to the hospital. If they think you need hospitalization, they send you to the ER. Bypassing the ER is a good way to have your insurer try and deny coverage, since you’re giving them a plausible case that it wasn’t an emergency. |
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That surprises me since (at least in my area of the Chicago suburbs) all of the urgent care centers I've seen are associated with hospitals or hospital networks. I have no experience with their admitting capabilities though, having never actually used one.