EMTALA Update 2021 3 Hour Webinar Recorded Webinar | Laura A. Dixon | From: Nov 17, 2021 - To: Dec 31, 2021 |
Every hospital that has an emergency department and accepts Medicare and Medicaid patients must follow the federal law and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation Interpretive Guidelines on the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
Hospitals without emergency departments but have specialized capabilities must comply with EMTALA. EMTALA can impact obstetrical patients and behavioral health patients. CMS made changes to include the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act with an updated survey memo on the issue.
This program will discuss a recent case against a hospital that was the largest EMTALA settlement of 1.2 million dollars. It is anticipated that healthcare will see larger EMTALA fines and more activity because of the higher fines and the OIG final changes. These changes are not in the CMS CoPs and will be discussed.
This 3-hour webinar will include the regulations and interpretive guidelines. It will include all 12 sections of the EMTALA manual – Appendix V – and an expanded section for on-call physicians and the shared and community care plan process.
This webinar will include a discussion of a 6th Circuit Court case that has created an enormous expansion of hospital and practitioner liability under federal law. The case, Moses v. Providence Hospital and Medical Centers, Inc., No. 07-2111 (6th Cir. April 2009), overruled the CMS regulation that EMTALA obligations end when the hospital admits the patient in good faith. Those states in the 6th Circuit (Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Michigan) must now follow this case as precedent. The case illustrates the importance of understanding the role that case law has on the outcome of EMTALA litigation. Patients can complain to CMS and request an investigation, or they have the option of going and directly filing a lawsuit.
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Laura Dixon served as the Director, Facility Patient Safety and Risk Management and Operations for COPIC from 2014 to 2020 where she provided safety and risk management consultation and training to facilities, practitioners, and staff in multiple states. Ms. Dixon has more than twenty years of clinical experience in acute care facilities, including critical care, coronary care, peri-operative services, and pain management. She served as the Director, Western Region, Patient Safety and Risk Management for The Doctors Company, Napa, California. Laura holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Regis University, RECEP of Denver, a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Drake University College of Law, Des Moines, Iowa, and a Registered Nurse Diploma from Saint Luke’s School Professional Nursing, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is licensed to practice law in Colorado and California.
