Emtala - An Overview

Pretest and Registration

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Pretest

1. EMTALA provides for all of these requirements except:
   Necessary stabilizing treatment
   Medical screening exam
   Free medical care
   Restricting trasfer until stabilization
   
   
2. The transferring hospital needs to send:
   The originals of the ER record
   A doctor with the ambulance
   Food for the trip
   All medical records related to the emergency condition
   
   
3. Violation of EMTALA can yield which of the following penalties:
   Hospital fined between $25,000-$50,000 per violation
   Physician responsible fined $50,000 per violation
   The physician involved can be excluded from Medicare and Medicaid programs
   All of the above
   
   
4. The transfer is only deemed appropriate if:
   The patient is transported by private vehicle
   Qualified staff accompany the patient in the ambulance
   The patient refuses the transfer first
   The receiving facility has refused to accept the patient
   
   
5. An emergency medical condition is defined as a medical condition:
   Placing the health care of the individual in serious jeopardy
   Serious impairment of bodily functions
   Serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part
   All of the above