Healthcare Regulations
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) is one of the most critical yet misunderstood regulations in Healthcare. What is Anti Dumping? Who is intended to be protected by this act?
- Outline what is guaranteed as well as what is not guaranteed within this act.
- Discuss the fines provided for by the act and include examples of hospitals which have been fined for not complying with this act.
- Describe and analyze the conditions under which a hospital is permitted to transfer a patient without healthcare coverage.
Submission Details: You must discuss the project (in no less than 750 words) into three substantive paragraphs 250 words each. Make sure you address the subject topic within the context of the COVID-19. Make sure you submit your work in APA-formatted citations/references.
Submit your work to the Discussion Area.
No Post or Follow-up posts needed.
References:
Terp, S., Seabury, S. A., Arora, S., Eads, A., Lam, C. N., & Menchine, M. (2017). Enforcement of the emergency medical treatment and Labor act, 2005 to 2014. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 69(2), 155-162.e1. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.05.021
Zuabi, N., Weiss, L. D., & Langdorf, M. I. (2016). Emergency medical treatment and labor act (EMTALA) 2002-15: Review of office of inspector general patient dumping settlements. The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 17(3), 245-251. doi:10.5811/westjem.2016.3.29705
McDonnell, W. M., Gee, C. A., Mecham, N., Dahl-Olsen, J., & Guenther, E. (2013). Does the emergency medical treatment and labor act affect emergency department use? The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 44(1), 209. doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.01.042