Every hospital that has an emergency department and accepts Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement must follow the federal law and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) interpretive guidelines on Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). This includes Critical Access Hospitals.

This presentation will cover the EMTALA regulations concerning on-call physicians. Sue will discuss the proposed Officer of Inspector General (OIG) changes that effect on-call physicians. This session will review of the CMS EMTALA Cops for on-call physicians, explain various responsibilities of on-call physicians, recommendations of the OIG, and factors that identify EMTALA as the most problematic CMS standard.