By Keith C. Dennen EMTALA requires hospitals to provide “appropriate” medical examination and treatment to individuals who come to the emergency room. Medicare requires hospitals to provide a list of doctors who are “on-call” to provide this treatment. Doctors, particularly specialists, are refusing to be “on-call” unless they are paid for this service. What does …
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