title: No dumping: ED transfer risk.
abstract: The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) outlines how hospitals must screen, treat, and transfer emergency department patients--regardless of their ability to pay.
authors.affiliation: Risk Management Department, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pa., USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fiesta
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States