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VIDEO: Robert De Marco, MD, FCCP, Talks About Reimbursement in the ICU

Robert De Marco, MD, FCCP, Intensivist, Orlando Health, Dr. Phillips Hospital, says that a concern for reimbursement in the ICU is that many private physicians are becoming hospital employed. He says that convincing the hospital they need full-time critical care coverage is a difficult task even though it saves cost and cuts down length of stay and mortalities.

Robert De Marco, MD, FCCP, Intensivist, Orlando Health, Dr. Phillips Hospital, says that a concern for reimbursement in the ICU is that many private physicians are becoming hospital employed. He says that convincing the hospital they need full-time critical care coverage is a difficult task even though it saves cost and cuts down length of stay and mortalities.

This video was taken on Monday, October 22 at the CHEST 2012 conference in Atlanta, GA.

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