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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (767580)	2/3/2014 12:21:22 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574734

" ...It requires hospitals to provide emergency health care treatment to anyone needing it regardless of citizenship, legal status, or ability to pay. There are no reimbursement provisions. Participating hospitals may not transfer or discharge patients needing emergency treatment except with the informed consent or stabilization of the patient or when their condition requires transfer to a hospital better equipped to administer the treatment. [1] EMTALA applies to "participating hospitals." The statute defines "participating hospitals" as those that accept payment from the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Medicare program. [2] "Because there are very few hospitals that do not accept Medicare, the law applies to nearly all hospitals." [3] The combined payments of Medicare and Medicaid, $602 billion in 2004, [4] or roughly 44% of all medical expenditures in the U.S., make not participating in EMTALA impractical for nearly all hospitals. EMTALA's provisions apply to all patients, not just to Medicare patients. [5] [6]" en.wikipedia.org Right THERE, asshat, in the LAW!