Question

1. EMTALA requires hospitals participating in Medicare to provide screening examinations to persons who seek treatment at the emergency department. If an emergency condition exists, the hospital must:

a. provide palliative care when needed.

b. treat and stabilize the patient unless the patient is transferred.

c. treat the patient, but not stabilize the patient.

Answer 1

Answer is b(treat and stabilize the patient unless the patient is transferred)

The EMTALA(Emergency medical and treatment labor act passed by congress act in 1986 explicitly forbids the denial of care to indigent or uninsured patients based on a lack of ability to pay.it ensure patient access to emergency medical care and prevent patient dumping in which uninsured patients were transferred solely for financial reasons from private to public hospitals solely for financial reasons, without considering their condition or stability.the hospital must provide care until the patient's emergency condition is resolved and the patient is resolved.

patient dumping violates federal emergency medical treatment and active labor act(EMTALA). It imposes 3 requirements on any medicare participating hospitals and enforces monetary sanctions against physicians or hospitals that do not comply.

participating hospitals must

1)conduct medical screening examinations

2)provide necessary stabilizing treatment to any patient seeking emergency medical care in an emergency department

3)hospitals that are unable to do 1 and 2 may transfer the patient to a facility that can provide these services in a manner according to EMTALA guidelines.