EMTALA—A Guide to Patient Anti-Dumping Laws (2007 Edition)

This guide cuts through the legalese to help you navigate the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act—or "patient-dumping" law—that was enacted to ensure patients equal access to emergency services without regard to financial or insurance status.

The manual provides guidance to hospitals and physicians on how to comply with the Act and clarifies situations and operations to which EMTALA applies. Included are answers to numerous frequently asked questions. Topics include transferring or discharging emergency patients, guidelines for medical screening examinations, financial inquiries, EMTALA and managed care, on-call coverage, signage, central logs, reporting violations, enforcement, quality issues and California emergency medical service requirements. In addition, while not an EMTALA issue, a discussion of discharge of emergency patients who are homeless has been added. Appendixes contain enforcement guidelines, a model EMTALA compliance policy and more. Written by M. Steven Lipton, Esq., Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP. Seminars available. 430 pages (6th edition, 2007)

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Contents

• Overview of Patient-Dumping Laws
• When and Where Does EMTALA Begin
• Medical Screening Examinations
• Financial Considerations-EMTALA and Managed Care
• Transferring or Discharging an Emergency Patient
• Patient Refusal of Stabilizing Treatment or Transfer
• Obligations of Receiving Hospitals
• Maintenance of the Central Log
• Required Signage
• Physician On-Call Responsibilities
• Reporting Patient-Dumping Violations
• Regulatory Enforcement of EMTALA
• Patient Actions to Enforce Patient-Dumping Laws
• Quality Assurance and Risk Management
• Application of EMTALA to Disasters and Public Health Emergencies
• 19 appendixes including statute, regulations and interpretive guidelines.

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