Tuesday, July 16, 2024
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Iowa Hospital Association
Virtual
Program Description
Medicare-certified hospitals must follow CMS regulations and interpretative guidelines for the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. This three-part series will focus on problematic areas of EMTALA concepts, adequacy of medical screening and on-call physician issues.
Part One focuses on the basic requirements of EMTALA, available resources to hospitals and EMTALA definitions.
Program Objectives
- Describe basic EMTALA requirements.
- Describe why EMTALA is the most-frequently cited deficiency nationwide.
- Discuss where EMTALA applies in the facility.
- Review examples of how the hospital can keep current on regulation changes.
Who Should Attend
- Behavioral health and psychiatric staff.
- CEOs.
- Chief medical officers.
- Chief nursing officers.
- Compliance officers and legal counsel.
- Department directors.
- Emergency department staff.
- Nurses.
- Physicians.
- Quality improvement staff.
- Risk managers.
- Safety officers.
Cost