The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued a memo and fact sheet clarifying permissible options under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act for hospitals handling a surge in patients with H1N1 flu. For example, hospitals may set up alternative screening sites on campus or at off-campus, hospital-controlled sites, and communities may set up screening clinics at sites not under the control of a hospital. Further, the law provides for waivers of certain EMTALA requirements in a declared public health emergency, the memo notes.
[ via AHA News Now ]
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