- Title
- Revisions to Special Responsibilities of Hospitals under EMTALA
- Memo #
- 06-21
- Posting Date
- 07/13/2006
- Fiscal Year
- 2006
- Summary
- CMS has received reports from hospital emergency departments concerning patients being left on stretchers for extended periods of time with emergency medical service personnel in attendance, possibly in violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. CMS recognizes the enormous strain and crowding many hospital emergency departments face every day; however, this practice is not a solution. "Parking" patients in hospitals impacts the ability of the emergency medical service personnel to provide emergency services to the rest of the community.
