Which actions are violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)? Select all that apply.

A Medicaid patient with maxillofacial pain is discharged from the emergency department without evaluation, A hemodynamically unstable patient is transferred to a public hospital for care because the patient is uninsured. All of these actions are inappropriate and potentially illegal, but only two violate EMTALA. EMTALA is an “anti-dumping” law that prevents hospitals from discharging or transferring patients due to their presumed inability to pay. It protects uninsured and Medicaid patients, primarily. Inappropriately sharing protected health information violates HIPAA. Failing to provide advance directives violates the Patient Self-Determination Act. Selling bone marrow obtained via surgery is illegal under the National Organ Transplant Act, but if it is obtained by apheresis, it can be sold.

Which actions are violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment a...

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