Ambulatory Care
Approximately three-quarters of healthcare and hospital systems ask for payment at the time services are provided.
49 percent say they "often or always" experience feelings of burnout, would not recommend a career in medicine to their children.
There were only 130 of them in 2006, but by 2012 there were 1,400 nationwide; third of population lives within 10 minutes of one.
Ranks of uninsured could swell by millions if the Affordable Care Act is repealed, hospitals must take steps to protect reimbursements, experts say.
Specially trained paramedics are dispatched to the scene, have learned to identify problems, intervene and de-escalate the situation.
Decision by states not to expand Medicaid, lack of dental and vision coverage even for the insured keep clinic demand strong.
Ambulatory healthcare businesses, which include outposts like doctors offices, dentists offices, outpatient centers and clinics among others, added 18,500 jobs in the month.
Facilities that do not meet total performance scores will see up to a 2 percent reduction in the quality incentive program.
Cost savings are further bolstered by avoiding unnecessary surgeries and achieving lower rates of expensive complications.
Rhode Island, where more than 1,000 people have died from painkiller or heroin overdoses since 2009, is taking the lead.