More than 30 healthcare associations and advocacy groups joined the American College of Emergency Physicians in asking President Joe Biden to prioritize finding solutions to the problem of overcrowded ...

Surprise medical bills occur when a patient unexpectedly or involuntarily receives care from an out-of-network provider and is billed for the amount not covered by insurance. Past studies were unable ...

This is part of our hour on emergency room overcrowding and its impact on patient care, which you can listen to here. Emergency departments undoubtedly exist for emergencies. But as health care has ...

Bill Dixon, 80, lay on a bed between two white fabric dividers in the hallway of the emergency department at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas Friday, one of 14 patients waiting for an emergency bed ...

More patients who come to hospital emergency departments are waiting for hours to be admitted, often on gurneys in the hallways, and more are leaving before they even get seen by a doctor, according ...

Days before the federal government revoked Weiss Memorial Hospital’s Medicare access, state investigators found the hospital had been operating a “makeshift” emergency department in an office building ...