Referring a Patient to ACUTE

Now more than ever, inpatient medical stabilization offers a safe treatment option for patients with life-threatening medical complications from an eating disorder or severe malnutrition. As the only dedicated medical telemetry unit of its kind, ACUTE has an unmatched ability to safely transport patients via air ambulance, practice social distancing, protect patient safety and control infection in our private patient rooms and private hospital-based unit. Additionally,  ACUTE bills insurance under the patient’s medical benefit.

 

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Coordinating Patient Travel

We make admitting to ACUTE as simple as possible for your patient. Our admissions team facilitates all logistics of patient travel needs, including arranging air ambulance transport for patients requiring urgent medical transport. In partnership with two industry-leading air ambulance providers, highly-trained critical care teams provide bedside-to-bedside transfers on medically configured aircraft to ensure safe, comfortable domestic or international air travel to ACUTE’s unit in Denver, Colorado. 

 

Warm Handoff Referrals for Residential Treatment Centers

During an initial assessment of care for admission to IP/RES/PHP/IOP programming, should your admissions team determine that a client is in need of medical stabilization, ACUTE requests that the referring program initiate a 3-way phone call between the referring program, the potential patient and the ACUTE admissions team at: 877-228-8348. By facilitating the warm handoff via 3-way call:  

  • The patient has a greater likelihood of seeking and admitting to medical stabilization
  • The ACUTE admissions team can track the referral journey to make sure the patient transitions back to the referring program, once medically stabilized

 

Is my patient appropriate for care at ACUTE?

 

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    Jim Olin

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ACUTE Earns Prestigious Center of Excellence Designation from Anthem
In 2018, the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders & Severe Malnutrition at Denver Health was honored by Anthem Health as a Center of Excellence for Medical Treatment of Severe and Extreme Eating Disorders. ACUTE is the first medical unit ever to achieve this designation in the field of eating disorders. It comes after a rigorous review process.

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