ER Guidelines

There are specific rules governing when you get a refund from
a visit to the emergency room. According to what I could find,
these are the instances:

* Anybody sent to the ER with Form #17 who was then not hospitalised
* Anybody who was then hospitalized, regardless of whether or not
had Form #17
* Anybody who had a work accident, with the appropriate form from
the employer
* Anybody who was injured in a road accident, with the appropriate
form from the police
* Any school child who was injured during school or on a school trip,
with the appropriate form from the school
In addition to these, anybody going to the ER between 1 am and 6 am
because of one of the following will only pay the minimum charge to
cover the clerical work:

* A new fracture
* A severe dislocation of the shoulder or elbow
* A wound requiring stitches or gluing
* Inhalation of a foreign body into the airways
* Entry of a foreign body into the eye
* Treatment for cancer
* Treatment for hemophilia
* Treatment for cystic fibrosis (CF)
* A woman with labor pains
* Anybody who was taken to the ER by an MDA ambulance from a
public place after an accident
* A baby up to 2 months old with a temperature of over 38.5
* Dialysis patients

If your visit is not covered by any of the instances in
the rules, you will have to pay the full cost yourself.

George
israel consumer rights yahoogroup
May 2008