title: Call of the riled: addressing the financial impact of ED call coverage.
abstract: Healthcare financial managers can use several strategies to avoid paying call stipends to every specialist group on the call panel: Set a budget in advance-and stick to it. Involve the medical staff. Understand your market. Include performance standards. Revisit your hospital's call coverage program annually.
authors: ECG Management Consultants, Inc., Seattle, USA. lhenzke@ecgmc.com
authors: Leonard J
authors: LJ
authors: Henzke
authors: Kevin P
authors: KP
authors: Forster
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D008511:Medicine; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States