Hospitals fined for not complying.

Hospitals fined for not complying.

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?

1. Outline what is guaranteed as well as what is not guaranteed within this act.

2. Discuss the fines provided for by the act and include examples of hospitals which have been fined for not complying with this act.

3. Describe and analyze the conditions under which a hospital is permitted to transfer a patient without healthcare coverage.

Use resources from the Week 1 assignment and the following from South University Library as necessary.

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

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