CMS Launches New Option for Filing EMTALA Complaints
Published: 05/21/2024
Sources:
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
- Rural Emergency Hospitals,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched a new option on CMS.gov to allow individuals to more easily file an Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) complaint. This new web resource is part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s comprehensive plan to educate the public and promote patient access to the emergency medical care to which they are entitled under federal law.
Medicare-participating hospitals are required under EMTALA to provide medical screening ex…
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