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Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-001281

A federal law requiring hospitals that accept Medicare funds to provide emergency medical treatment to anyone needing it, regardless of their ability to pay or insurance status. It mandates a medical screening examination for all individuals presenting to an emergency department. Hospitals must stabilize patients with emergency medical conditions or women in active labor before transferring them.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-001281
FieldInsurance and risk management
AbbreviationEMTALA
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-INS-001281",
  "term": "Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "A federal law requiring hospitals that accept Medicare funds to provide emergency medical treatment to anyone needing it, regardless of their ability to pay or insurance status. It mandates a medical screening examination for all individuals presenting to an emergency department. Hospitals must stabilize patients with emergency medical conditions or women in active labor before transferring them.",
  "abbreviation": "EMTALA",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/emergency-medical-treatment-and-active-labor-act-emtala/"
}

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