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HHS Solicits Comments Regarding EMTALA Treatment of Hospital Inpatients

On December 23, 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking with comment period concerning potential modifications to the regulations governing the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).  The notice concerns the applicability of EMTALA to individuals who:  (1) are determined in the hospital’s dedicated emergency department to […]