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Compliance with EMTALA: A guide for hospitals
Author(s) -
Kendus Michele
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of healthcare risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2040-0861
pISSN - 1074-4797
DOI - 10.1002/jhrm.5600200305
Subject(s) - statute , statutory law , compliance (psychology) , business , health care , medical emergency , law , medicine , political science , psychology , social psychology
This article presents the mandates of the Emergency Medical Labor and Treatment Act promulgated through the Department of Health and Human Services, and through the courts' interpretations. In addition, the conflict between statutory mandates and managed care requirements, and the unsettled issue of whether the statute applies to inpatient circumstances, are presented.