| Subject: | CMS Guidance on EMTALA Medical Screening Exams |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Tue, 1 Apr 2008 - 06:00 am |
| The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently issued a revised State Operations Manual Appendix V regarding EMTALA. As a part of the revised appendix, CMS clarified interpretive guidance concerning EMTALA medical screening examinations (MSE). If a hospital has an EMTALA obligation, it must screen individuals to determine if an emergency medical condition (EMC) exists. It is not appropriate to merely "log in" an individual and not provide a MSE.... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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