| Subject: | Recent Revisions to EMTALA Interpretive Guidance |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Thu, 16 Jul 2009 - 06:00 am |
| On May 29, 2009 CMS issued revisions to its State Operations Manual, Appendix V - Interpretive Guidelines, Responsibilities of Medicare Participating Hospitals in Emergency Cases. Areas where CMS provided new and/or revised guidance include: Community Call Plans:CMS permits hospitals to satisfy their on-call obligations through participation in a community call plan (CCP). Under a CCP, a hospital may augment its on-call list by adding to it physicians from another hospital. ... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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