For those of us not in the healthcare field, please explain what that means. Thanks!
For those of us not in the healthcare field, please explain what that means. Thanks!
My cousin is a nurse who has often mentioned how emergency rooms 'dump' non-paying patients. Sensible perhaps, but illegal.
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) enforces the 'In 1986, Congress enacted the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act ("EMTALA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd. The purpose of EMTALA is to prevent "'patient dumping,' the practice of refusing to provide emergency medical treatment to patients unable to pay, or transferring them before emergency conditions [are] stabilized."
See also http://www.emtala.com/