CMS Summarizes Final Revisions To EMTALA Including Community Call Plan

As reported in the March 13, 2009 BNA Health Law Reporter, CMS has published a memorandum that provides a summary of its final 2009 revisions to EMTALA, and the memorandum contains information discussing the community call plan provisions of the Final Regulations. The memorandum and the interpretative guidelines in the State Operations Manual discussing the changes are available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/downloads/SCLetter09-26.pdf.