Nuisance or True Emergency -- Disruptive, Abusive ER Patients
Nora L. Liggett of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP
Every hospital ER knows the type. He's the patient who shows up like clockwork every Friday or Saturday night. He n.
Hospital Liability for Failing to Comply with the Federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act in Florida
Lawrence E. Lafferty, P.A.
Introduction In response to a number of widely reported horror stories about emergency rooms turning away .
Special Advisory Bulleting on Federal Anti-Dumping Law
Phyllis Donaldson-Adams of Dykema Gossett PLLC
Overview of the EMTALA On December 7, 1998, the Office of Inspector General ("OIG") and the Health Care .
Emergency Patients: Obligation to Treat and Effective Consent
T. Daniel Hollaway of Hollaway & Gumbert, PC
The focus of this article is twofold. First, we will examine and discuss the legal obligation to treat patients .
U.S. Supreme Court Addresses Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act
Michael P. DeVoe of Broad and Cassel
In Jane M. Roberts v. Galen of Virginia, Inc. ("Roberts"), the United States Supreme Court (the "Supreme Court") ha.
Fact Sheet: Involuntary Allotment From Military Personnel for Commercial Debt
Department of Defense
This Department of Defense fact sheet provides basic information about involuntary allotment of funds from military personnel for commercial debt.
Virginia Health Law Legislation
Woods Rogers PLC
Access to Emergency Treatment. Amendment to Virginia Code ? 38.2-4312.3 provides members of health maintenance orga.
Summary of Final Changes to EMTALA Regulations
M. Steven Lipton of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
On August 29, 2003, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-anticipated final regulations revising the EMTALA obligations for hospitals and physicians. The regulations are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on Sept. 9, 2003, and will be effective on Nov. 10, 2003.
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act "EMTALA"
Darice McNelis of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
OVERVIEW Passed as part of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 "COBRA" Citations: .