EMTALA Answer Book: 2022 Edition

The EMTALA Answer Book provides an authoritative, easy-to-access guide for addressing the thorny issues surrounding EMTALA for emergency department physicians, emergency nurse managers, emergency administrators, and risk managers, helping them to understand the implications of their decisions vis-?vis this law. The potentially problematic aspects of medical screening, treatment, transfer, and other EMTALA responsibilities of hospitals are explored from the medical perspective, and practical suggestions for compliance are provided.

The 2022 Edition contains the latest important information, including the following:

• Updates related to COVID-19
  • Latest information on CMS/OIG suspension of enforcement actions during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Includes all current substantive CMS publications regarding COVID-19 pandemic and EMTALA
  • Revised and updated information regarding Section 1135 waivers.
• Analysis of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision regarding whether delay in transferring a patient violates EMTALA.
• Analysis of President Trump's September 25, 2020 Executive Order regarding the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act (BAIPA) and EMTALA. Also discussed is CMS' position regarding whether EMTALA applies to newborn infants.
• Details regarding the significantly higher average civil money penalties paid by a much-reduced number of hospitals.
• New risk management suggestions how to reduce or avoid EMTALA penalties in the event of a possible EMTALA violation.

Previous Edition: EMTALA Answer Book, 2021 Edition, ISBN 9781543818161