A Local Case Manager emailed me to post this question for some input and advice from the local Case Management Community. You can respond under the comment section and your response can remain anonymous. Thanks in advance for your input! (please note that comments will not show immediately)
I'm a hospital case manager and we have a patient whose residence is in another state. He came here to stay with family and look for a job, with the intention of moving if work was found. He is not sure if he wants to stay here or go back to his home state. Meanwhile, he became ill, was hospitalized and now is in need of dialysis. He is ambulatory and could probably be discharged from hospital except that he has no insurance and cannot be hooked up with OP HD. He will not qualify for AHCCCS as he is not a resident of AZ. Our hospital doesn't provide OP HD. We have applied for Medicaid in his home state but that could take a considerable length of time to come through, if he qualifies. One of my co-workers says we can't steer him to county. I'm not sure why we can't. Isn't Maricopa Hospital there to serve the indigent? Do you know of any options?
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I'm not sure where the info was received about County Hospital, but if you think about it, there pt population includes a decent percent of illegal aliens from neighboring countries. Why then wouldnt they consider care for a citizen from another state. Have you considered discussing with a Social Worker from the County, there resources are usually pretty large, and may be able to give you some direction.
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