Question

EMTALA is useful until an injured undocumented person is stabilized and then what? What happens with no insurance?

Answer 1

Ans) EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act):

Any patient who "comes to the emergency department" requesting "examination or treatment for a medical condition".
To determine if he is suffering from an "emergency medical condition".

Hospital must:
1) Provide him with treatment until he is stable or
2) Transfer him to another hospital in conformance with the statute's directives.

The patient must be:
- Stabilized and/or
- Appropriately transferred

Once the patient is "stabilized" EMTALA no longer applies.
If the patient doesn't have an EMC, EMTALA does not apply.

If there is no insurance than too EMTALA will apply as No EMTALA requires Medicare participating hospital to screen & treat EMC in a non discrimnatory manner