tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 44

EMTALA: 8 THINGS HOSPITALS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW EMTALA GUIDANCE

Don't get caught off guard by state surveyors or the OIG.  Are you up to speed with the latest developments in Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act enforcement? The rules changed as of Nov. 10, when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Sept. 9 final rule on EMTALA went into effect. And while the changes are generally favorable to hospitals and physicians, failure to fully come to terms with them could leave providers facing steep fines and bad publicity. While CMS hasn't yet issued revised interpretive guidelines for the new EMTALA rule, the agency outlined its...

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