EMTALA & Ebola

By |2017-02-10T09:49:16-07:00February 24th, 2015|General, Preparedness|

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) is a federal law that requires hospitals that accept Medicare payments to provide emergency healthcare to anybody regardless of citizenship or immigration status or their ability to pay.  Under the law, hospitals that accept Medicare payments can’t transfer or discharge patients that need emergency treatment unless [...]