- Title
- Revisions to Special Responsibilities of Hospitals under EMTALA
- Memo #
- 06-32
- Posting Date
- 09/29/2006
- Fiscal Year
- 2006
- Summary
- This letter announces changes in the regulations (Changes to Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2007 Rates (CMS-1488-F)), Vol. 71, No. 160 Fed. Reg. pages 48143 and 48345 (Aug. 18, 2006) relative to 42 CFR 489.24, Special responsibilities of Medicare hospitals in emergency cases under EMTALA. The definition of "Labor" is revised to expand the types of health care practitioners who may certify false labor. The responsibilities of hospitals with specialized capabilities to accept transfers of patients are articulated.
