The ER has been aptly called the “front door” to the hospital.1 ER patients account for 70% of all hospital admissions.2 It is no surprise that the ER is also the focus of lucrative fraud schemes.
Picture: Dan Linehan A chronic alcoholic who smashed a glass door at Mercy University Hospital was jailed for five months, as his solicitor said but for his many custodial sentences over the years ...