Violations are reported to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and can result in significant financial penalties. Our objective was to assess all available EMTALA violations for vascular-related issues. Methods EMTALA violations in the CMS publicly-available hospital violations database...
Hsuan said that differences in physicians' and hospitals' priorities could also lead to EMTALA violations. While hospitals are generally very aware of the importance of complying with the law, physicians may want to avoid taking in patients that they don't think they can properly care for. "Phy...