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Re: For Sherri Holley re: hospital turning away patients in labor From: Jamie (ajfields@pine-net.com) Sun Jun 25 13:14:24 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Charlie Chambers: "Re: Tetralogy of Fallot w/ absent Pulmonary Valve in Subsequent Pregnancies?" Previous message: Gail Graham: "Re: A Visit To The Gynecologist" In reply to: Dean Huffman .: "For Sherri Holley re: hospital turning away patients in labor" I thought EMTALA also applied to hopspitals that accept Medicaid? At Sun, 25 Jun 2006, Dean Huffman . wrote: > >.. > >There may be state requirements about not turning away patients in labor, but >there is no federal standard or law that I am aware of. The EMTALA law applies >only to hospitals that accept medicare payments. (OK, for practical purposes, >it therefore applies to most private hospitals, although with medicare payments >being so low, some private hospitals might consider NOT taking medicare patients >in the future). > >As is so often the case with the government, its laws do not apply to itself. >EMTALA does not apply to VA or military or other government hospitals (although >they might accept emergency patients by policy). > >- - - - > >Sun, 25 Jun 2006 01:16:03 -0500 >Subject: For Sherri Holley re: hospital turning away patients in labor > >I hope you have reported that hospital to the Dept. of Health Services wherever >you live, as well as JACHO, as that is 100% immoral, unethical and illegal!!! >Not all cash patients are deadbeats but they cannot turn away a patient from >the ER, in labor or not. > >They could be shut down for that and I hope you will pursue this immediately if >you have not done so already. > >Gail Neuman RNC CPHW SNP LNC >student nurse practitioner and student midwife >listowner of LegalNurseConsulting@yahoogroups.com >certified high risk OB/legal nurse consultant >Perinatal Nurse Associates >Notary Public/Certified Loan Signing Agent >PrePaid Legal Sales Associate >Santa Ana, CA -- JFields, RN, BSN Next message: Charlie Chambers: "Re: Tetralogy of Fallot w/ absent Pulmonary Valve in Subsequent Pregnancies?" Previous message: Gail Graham: "Re: A Visit To The Gynecologist" In reply to: Dean Huffman .: "For Sherri Holley re: hospital turning away patients in labor"

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