EMTALA Rules, -AND- CMS issues EMTALA enforcement guidance
CAL/AAEM News Service
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Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:33:49 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: EMTALA Rules
To: AAEM Members,
Thomas R. Barker, Esq., the Health Policy Counselor to the Administrator of CMS has released a PowerPoint presentation outlining the major provisions of final regulation for EMTALA. To view the presentation please visit the AAEM website at www.aaem.org/emtala/emtalaupdate.ppt
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Monday, Nov. 10, 2003
Today's headlines:
1) CMS issues EMTALA enforcement guidance
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a memorandum providing interim guidance to CMS regional offices concerning enforcement of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) final rule, which takes effect today. The guidance summarizes the provisions of the final rule, published Sept. 9, and clarifies CMS' policy regarding when a patient is "stabilized" as well as the hospital's EMTALA obligation to inpatients. CMS said surveyors will use the interim guidance and CMS' current Interpretative Guidelines for EMTALA to assess whether a hospital is in compliance with the final rule until it issues Revised Interpretative Guidelines. It said enforcement of EMTALA will continue to be initiated only by a complaint. CMS said the guidance will be posted in the next few days at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/survey-cert/letters.asp.
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Brian Potts
Managing Editor, CAL/AAEM News Service
MS-IV, UC-Irvine
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<P>From: AAEM [</FONT><A href="mailto:info@aaem.org"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>mailto:info@aaem.org</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2>] </P>
<P>Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 7:59 AM</P>
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<P>Subject: EMTALA Rules</P>
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<P>To: AAEM Members,</P>
<P>Thomas R. Barker, Esq., the Health Policy Counselor to the Administrator of CMS has released a PowerPoint presentation outlining the major provisions of final regulation for EMTALA. To view the presentation please visit the AAEM website at </FONT><A href="http://us.f413.mail.yahoo.com/ym/www.aaem.org/emtala/emtalaupdate.ppt"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>www.aaem.org/emtala/emtalaupdate.ppt</U></FONT></A></P><FONT size=2>
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<P>Monday, Nov. 10, 2003</P>
<P>Today's headlines:</P>
<P>1) CMS issues EMTALA enforcement guidance</P>
<P>The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a memorandum providing interim guidance to CMS regional offices concerning enforcement of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) final rule, which takes effect today. The guidance summarizes the provisions of the final rule, published Sept. 9, and clarifies CMS' policy regarding when a patient is "stabilized" as well as the hospital's EMTALA obligation to inpatients. CMS said surveyors will use the interim guidance and CMS' current Interpretative Guidelines for EMTALA to assess whether a hospital is in compliance with the final rule until it issues Revised Interpretative Guidelines. It said enforcement of EMTALA will continue to be initiated only by a complaint. CMS said the guidance will be posted in the next few days at </FONT><A href="http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/survey-cert/letters.asp"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/survey-cert/letters.asp</U></FONT></A><FO!
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