CMS fact sheet seeks to allay concerns about EMTALA, H1N1.
ED managers breathed a little easier when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a fact sheet clarifying how Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) requirements would apply in the event of an H1N1-related surge this flu season. Still, read the communiqué carefully to remain compliant. * A complete waiver of EMTALA regulations will only occur if there is a formal declaration ofa public health emergency. * Off-campus flu screening clinics are not required to comply with EMTALA guidelines. * Any additional flu screening facilities within the ED, the hospital, or on campus still will be governed by EMTALA.
D000818:Animals; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; D007251:Influenza, Human; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections; D055872:Surge Capacity / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States