| Subject: | CMS Proposes Changes for False Labor Certification Requirements for Fiscal-Year 2007 |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Thu, 27 Apr 2006 - 10:00 am |
| CMS regulation 489.24b states that 'A woman experiencing contractions is in true labor unless a physician certifies that, after a reasonable period of observation, the woman is in false labor.' A woman found to be in false labor is considered not to have an emergency medical condition, which means that a hospital has no further EMTALA obligation to her.
Currently, a physician must certify false-labor. However, CMS is considering revising this regulation, effective October 1, 2006, to allow... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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