The newly updated EMTALA Answer Book provides an authoritative, easy-to-access guide for addressing the thorny issues surrounding COBRA for emergency department physicians, emergency nurse managers, emergency administrators, and risk managers, helping them to Understand The implications of their decisions vis a vis this law. The potentially problematic aspects of medical screening, treatment, transfer, and other EMTALA responsibilities of hospitals are explored from the medical perspective, and practical suggestions for compliance are provided.

The 2014 Edition of The EMTALA Answer Book shows how the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) affects not only emergency physicians but on-call physicians, specialists, and hospitals.

From the American College of Emergency Physicians and the ACEP Bookstore (www.acep.org/bookstore). For physicians, hospital administrators, and others who provide emergency medical care, the definitive resource on the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act and how to comply with it. Supplement from 2004 available free from the publisher's Web site, www.acep.org/bookstore.

The EMTALA Answer Book provides an authoritative, easy-to-access guide for addressing the thorny issues surrounding EMTALA for emergency department physicians, emergency nurse managers, emergency administrators, and risk managers, helping them to understand the implications of their decisions vis-à-vis this law. The potentially problematic aspects of medical screening, treatment, transfer, and other EMTALA responsibilities of hospitals are explored from the medical perspective, and practical suggestions for compliance are provided. Highlights of the 2021 Edition include: Important updates to EMTALA, especially those related to COVID-19, include: A fully revised Chapter 12, "EMTALA and Public Emergencies," which discusses EMTALA and COVID-19. New Appendix P, "EMTALA Requirements and Implications Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019," which contains key CMS documents detailing the changes to the way in which CMS is enforcing EMTALA during COVID-19 pandemic. A revision to sections of Chapter 2, "Comes to the Emergency Room," that deal with Section 1135 waivers of EMTALA sanctions during emergencies and pandemics have been updated The 2019 changes to sections of the CMS State Operations manual dealing with administrative enforcement of EMTALA A revised Chapter 15, "EMTALA and Whistleblower Protection," with the latest favorable developments protecting hospitals against whistleblowers Discussions of the most recent court decisions including under what circumstances heirs of a deceased patient may sue for claimed EMTALA violations, and limitations on the long-held rule that the hospital's duty to stabilize a patient with an emergency condition ends with the admission or transfer of the patient New EMTALA-related settlements published by the Office of Inspector General Selections from the State Operations Manual pertaining to EMTALA investigations Previous Edition: EMTALA Answer Book, 2020 Edition, ISBN 9781543810356 The EMTALA Answer Book by Jeffrey C. Moffat will teach you EMTALA regulations and medical duties, and how to avoid fines, bad publicity, and more!

EMTALA Answer Book, 2022 Edition

Each day a new law or regulation affects the way respiratory therapists perform their jobs. This basic legal guide contains the extensive information respiratory therapists need to know about the court system, lawyers, law, and litigation. Written by the author, a lawyer and therapist with 13 years of clinical experience ranging from floor therapy to administrative and management functions, this book combines the author's knowledge of the complex interactions in the legal system and how the legal system relates to therapy delivered at the bedside. A resource for students and professionals, the book presents 16 areas of the law, including medical negligence, hospital law and employment law. The text also contains a series of questions and answers about the subject areas of the law, and provides extensive guidance for therapists navigating the treacherous currents of ever changing laws. This is a book for anyone who treats respiratory therapy patients or manages therapists. Most legal texts are written either by non-lawyers or non-therapists. Non-lawyers do not understand the complex interactions in the legal system, and are not permitted to give advice. Non-therapists may understand the law very well, but be unable to relate to how therapy is delivered at the bedside. This book is written by a therapist who is a lawyer, and who has been at the bedside. With thirteen years of clinical experience ranging from floor-therapy to administration and management functions, the author understands how a hospital works. The result is a book that is useful both as a course-book and as a reference

Emergency Department Compliance Manual, 2016 Edition provides everything you need to stay in compliance with complex emergency department regulations. The list of questions helps you quickly locate specific guidance on difficult legal areas such as: Complying with COBRA Dealing with psychiatric patients Negotiating consent requirements Obtaining reimbursement for ED services Avoiding employment law problems Emergency Department Compliance Manual also features first-hand advice from staff members at hospitals that have recently navigated a Joint Commission survey and includes frank and detailed information. Organized by topic, it allows you to readily compare the experiences of different hospitals. Because of the Joint Commission's hospital-wide, function-based approach to evaluating compliance, it's been difficult to know specifically what's expected of you in the ED. Emergency Department Compliance Manual includes a concise grid outlining the most recent Joint Commission standards which will help you learn what responsibilities you have for demonstrating compliance. Plus, Emergency Department Compliance Manual includes sample documentation that hospitals across the country have used to show compliance with legal requirements and Joint Commission standards: Age-related competencies Patient assessment policies and procedures Consent forms Advance directives Policies and protocols Roles and responsibilities of ED staff Quality improvement tools Conscious sedation policies and procedures Triage, referral, and discharge policies and procedures And much more!

This updated and expanded edition is divided into 19 sections on all aspects of emergency medicine. Sections include decision making in the ED, primary complaints, nontraumatic illness, CNS, respiratory system, cardiovascular system, GI tract, genitourinary tract, hematology/oncology, metabolism/ endocrinology, infectious disease, environmental emergencies, pediatrics, toxicologic trauma, behavioral emergencies, emergency medicine administration and risk management, and medical control and disaster management.

Emergency Department Compliance Manual provides everything you need to stay in compliance with complex emergency department regulations, including such topics as legal compliance questions and answers--find the legal answers you need in seconds; Joint Commission survey questions and answers--get inside guidance from colleagues who have been there; hospital accreditation standard analysis--learn about the latest Joint Commission standards as they apply to the emergency department; and reference materials for emergency department compliance. The Manual offers practical tools that will help you and your department comply with emergency department-related laws, regulations, and accreditation standards. Because of the Joint Commission's hospital-wide, function-based approach to evaluating compliance, it's difficult to know specifically what's expected of you in the ED. Emergency Department Compliance Manual includes a concise grid outlining the most recent Joint Commission standards, which will help you understand your compliance responsibilities. Plus, Emergency Department Compliance Manual includes sample documentation and forms that hospitals across the country have used to show compliance with legal requirements and Joint Commission standards. Previous Edition: Emergency Department Compliance Manual, 2018 Edition, ISBN: 9781454889427¿