Screening for Alcohol and Drug Problems in EDs

Published by the Physicians and Lawyers for National Drug Policy, "Screening for Alcohol and Drug Problems in Emergency Departments and Trauma Centers" highlighting the need for alcohol screenings in primary cares, emergency departments and trauma center visits.

• According to the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, brief interventions in the trauma center decreased intoxicated driving.
• Alcohol exclusion clause (under the Uniform Accident and Sickness Policy Provision Law (UPPL)
• denies payments to doctors and hospitals that render care to patients
• discourages alcohol screenings in trauma centers and emergency departments.

Alcohol Exclusion Law

• 32 states and Washington DC explicitly allow insurers to use alcohol exclusions
• 9 states prohibit insurers from using alcohol exclusions
• 9 states implicitly allow insurers to use alcohol exclusions
• Many organizations support the real of the Alcohol Exclusion Law

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