On the accompanying CD-ROM, you'll receive a customizable and downloadable training section that gives you:
- Guidance on how to train employees and what information to cover
- One hospital's 40-page training presentation, presented in both PowerPoint and Word, that you can customize and use to train all of your employees
- A training quiz with answer key, to help you reinforce and document training
- The complete EMTALA final rule in Adobe Acrobat format
On-call obligations
PLUS: In this Practical Guide, you'll find detailed information on the physician on-call requirements imposed by EMTALA. You get three whole chapters on this challenging topic! This book will explain the regulations and offer solutions to staffing the on-call list. You'll also get practical answers to tough on-call problems, such as: What can we do if our only physicians in a certain specialty refuse to take on-call duties? What should we do if our physicians will only take on-call duties if they are paid? Some of our physicians want to relinquish certain clinical privileges to get out of on-call duty-what can we do to stop them?
You'll find answers to these questions and more with A Practical Guide to EMTALA Compliance!
Take a Look . . .
Here's a sampling of the topics covered in A Practical Guide to EMTALA Compliance, the book and accompanying CD-ROM you'll refer to again and again:
- EMTALA's purpose
- How EMTALA defines "dedicated emergency department"
- How patients "come to the ED"
- How EMTALA applies to other on-campus hospital departments
- How the law applies to off-campus hospital departments
- How to meet and document medical screening requirements
- How to meet stabilization requirements
- What to do when a patient refuses treatment
- How EMTALA restricts patient transfers
- Case studies illustrating how to comply with medical screening, stabilization, and patient transfer requirements
- EMTALA-compliant registration and authorization practices
- Answers to your pressing EMTALA and on-call questions
- Do's and don'ts for dual staffing arrangements
- On-call obligations for hospitals and physicians
- Solutions to the on-call crisis
- How the government enforces EMTALA
- Sample training presentation and quiz
- Sample EMTALA audit plan
- How to respond if you discover an EMTALA violation
About the Authors
Joseph T. Gatewood, Esq., is an attorney with extensive experience in the field of health law. He advises clients on regulatory and litigation matters related to health care fraud and compliance. Gatewood served as senior counsel in the Office of Counsel to the Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. In this capacity, Gatewood litigated cases involving Medicare providers contesting penalties and exclusions imposed by the OIG.
Loren Johnson, MD, FACEP, is president of Health Access Associates, Inc., a consulting firm in Davis, CA specializing in EMS regulatory compliance. He is also chief medical officer of Sutter Emergency Medical Associates Inc., located in Sacramento CA and medical director of the Emergency Department at Sutter Davis Hospital in Davis, CA. He is past-president of the California Chapter of the American College of Emergency physicians and vice-chair of the Coalition to Preserve Emergency Care, an advocacy group of health care organizations dedicated to improving California's emergency care system.
Ellen Arrington, RN, BSN, a nurse auditor in the compliance department at the North Shore Medical Center, in Salem, MA, is an experienced professional with more than 20 years experience as a registered nurse. She has worked in a variety of health care settings including; medical surgical, intensive care, open heart, home care, community health and the emergency department. She has consulted with private practices on coding, reimbursement, and compliance issues and has extensive experience in medical record reviews.
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