Comments on: Emergency call, post-EMTALA http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/emergency-call-post-emtala.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/emergency-call-post-emtala.html#comment-85619 Anonymous Fri, 16 May 2008 01:33:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/emergency-call-post-emtala.html#comment-85619 Maybe I misunderstand, just sort of had that impression that it was generally favored in that profession, and formally so in the professional organizations. Maybe I misunderstand, just sort of had that impression that it was generally favored in that profession, and formally so in the professional organizations.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/emergency-call-post-emtala.html#comment-85583 Anonymous Tue, 13 May 2008 22:24:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/emergency-call-post-emtala.html#comment-85583 Who says ER docs support EMTALA??? We didn't write it. We are just living by it. It is a government unfunded mandate. In essence, it is our defacto national health plan administered without pay by ER docs, hospitals, and docs willing to take call. On-call docs can often get a stipend out of it from the hospital, most of the ER docs can't get a stipend for the uninsured from the hospital because we are more expendible in the eyes of hospital administration. Who says ER docs support EMTALA??? We didn’t write it. We are just living by it. It is a government unfunded mandate. In essence, it is our defacto national health plan administered without pay by ER docs, hospitals, and docs willing to take call. On-call docs can often get a stipend out of it from the hospital, most of the ER docs can’t get a stipend for the uninsured from the hospital because we are more expendible in the eyes of hospital administration.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/05/emergency-call-post-emtala.html#comment-85576 Anonymous Tue, 13 May 2008 18:41:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/05/emergency-call-post-emtala.html#comment-85576 It puzzles me why EM docs support EMTALA. I can empathize with their plight, but I really think EMTALA makes things worse. <br/><br/>They have a patient in front of them, they want the patient cared for. Quite reasonable of course. I think they are LESS likely to get specialist backup, or primary care backup for that matter, precisely BECAUSE of EMTALA. It puzzles me why EM docs support EMTALA. I can empathize with their plight, but I really think EMTALA makes things worse.

They have a patient in front of them, they want the patient cared for. Quite reasonable of course. I think they are LESS likely to get specialist backup, or primary care backup for that matter, precisely BECAUSE of EMTALA.

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