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Course: EMTALA
Course Introduction
Pre-Test
Training
Post-Test
EMTALA provides for all of these requirements except:
Necessary stabilizing treatment
Medical screening exam
Restricting trasfer until stabilization
Free medical care
The transferring hospital needs to send:
The originals of the ER record
A doctor with the ambulance
All medical records related to the emergency condition
Food for the trip
Violation of EMTALA can yield which of the following penalties:
Hospital fined between $25,000-$50,000 per violation
Physician responsible fined $50,000 per violation
The physician involved can be excluded from Medicare and Medicaid programs
All answers are correct
The transfer is only deemed appropriate if:
The patient is transported by private vehicle
Qualified staff accompany the patient in the ambulance
The receiving facility has refused to accept the patient
The patient refuses the transfer first
An emergency medical condition is defined as a medical condition:
Placing the health care of the individual in serious jeopardy
Serious impairment of bodily functions
Serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part
All answers are correct
EMTALA preempts state law
True
False
Documentation must reflect if the patient refuses a transfer recommended by the physician after being informed of the risks and benefits of that transfer.
True
False
The acronym "EMTALA" stands for
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
Emergency Medicine Transportation and Assistance Legislative Act
Emergency Medical Technology And Life Aid
Emergent Medical Treatment After Lacerative Accident
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