Pediatric ER utilization algorithm hurts Black and Hispanic patients, study finds

A diagnosis claims-based algorithm used by payers to decide whether pediatric patients need to be taken to the emergency department has been promoted as a way to cut healthcare costs. But according to a new study in JAMA Network Open, this algorithm will often bill Black and Hispanic patients more for care than their white counterparts. Visits to the ED by Black (50%) and

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