- Title
- Provision of Emergency Services - Important Requirements for Hospitals
- Memo #
- 07-19
- Posting Date
- 04/26/2007
- Fiscal Year
- 2007
- Summary
- All hospitals are required to appraise medical emergencies, provide initial treatment and referral when appropriate, regardless of whether the hospital has an emergency department. A hospital is not in compliance with the Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoPs) if it relies on 911 services as a substitute for the hospital's own ability to provide services otherwise required in the CoPs. This means, among other things, that a hospital may not rely on 911 services to provide appraisal or initial treatment of individuals in lieu of its own capability to do so.
