Compensation When Services are Mandated

Approved April 2011

Reaffirmed by the ACEP Board of Directors September 2005 and April 2011 

Originally approved as CR011 September 1992; approved as a policy statement June 1999 

Any government agency, legislative body, insurance carrier, third party payer, or any other entity that mandates that a service or product be provided by emergency physicians or other providers, should also mandate an adequate source of funding to ensure appropriate compensation for those services or products.