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<b>In a one to two-page essay, explain what EMTALA is and why it is important to the healthcare industry.</b></span></p> <p><span class="s1"></span> </p> <p><span class="s1" <the="" emergency="" medical="" treatment="" and="" labor="" act="" (emtala)="" is="" a="" u.s.="" law="" that="" requires="" hospitals="" capable="" of="" stabilizing="" treating="" cases="" to="" treat="" or="" stabilize="" an="" individual="" who="" requests="" screening="" for="" care,="" emergency.="" the="" law,="" established="" in="" 1986,="" applies="" all="" individuals="" regardless="" their="" ability="" pay="" treatment,="" race,="" religion,="" creed,="" insurance="" status="" gender.="" sought="" establish="" ‘de="" facto’="" responsibility="" other="" healthcare="" providers="" rendering="" diagnosis="" do="" so="" request="" it.="" (XXXXXXXXX,="" 2006)="" XXXXXXXX="" come="" emergency-XXXXXXX="" XXXXXXXXXXX,="" does="" not="" XXXXX="" XXXXXXXXXXX="" XXXXXX="" XXXXXX="" XXXXXXXX,="" such="" XX="" XXXXXXXXXX="" XXXXXXX.="" (hermer,="" XXXXXX="" emergencies,="" transfer="" XXXX="" necessary,="" XXXXXX="" incoming="" XXXXXXXXX="" XXXX="" XXXXXXXXX.="" XXXXXXX="" non-XXXXXXXXXX="" emtala,="" can="" XXXX="" XXXXXXXX="" XXXXXXXX="" XXXXXXXXX="" XXXXXXX,="" physicians="" be="" XXXXX="" &#XX;XX,XXX="" per="" XXXXXXX.="" XXXXXXXXXXX,="" sued="" XXXXX="" XXXXX.=""></span></p>The XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX Treatment and XXXXX XXX (XXXXXX) XX a U.S. law XXXX XXXXXXXX hospitals XXXXXXX of XXXXXXXXXXX XXX XXXXXXXX emergency cases XX XXXXX or XXXXXXXXX an individual who XXXXXXXX screening XXX XXXXXXXXX XXXX, or XXXXXXXX treatment for a medical emergency. The law, established in 1986, applies XX all individuals XXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXX XXXXXXX to pay XXX treatment, or XXXXX race, religion, creed, XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX or gender. XXX XXX XXXXXX XX XXXXXXXXX a ‘de XXXXX’ responsibility for hospitals and XXXXX XXXXXXXXXX providers capable of XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX diagnosis and treatment XX XX so XXX XXX XXXXXXXXXXX who request it. (Bitterman, XXXX) XXX law applies for XXXXXXXX XXX come XX emergency-capable XXXXXXXXXXX, XXX does not XXXXX to departments unable XX XXXXXX emergency services, XXXX XX XXXXXXXXXX clinics. (XXXXXX, 2006) XXX law requires hospitals XX XXXXXX patients XXX XXXXXXXXXXX, stabilize or XXXXXXXX XXXX XX necessary, and accept XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXX. As a penalty XXX XXX-XXXXXXXXXX of EMTALA, XXXXXXXXX can XXXX XXXXX Medicare XXXXXXXX agreement revoked, and physicians XXX XXXXXXXXX can be XXXXX $XX,000 per offence. Furthermore, hospitals XXX be XXXX in civil court.<p></p><p><br></p><p></p><p><span class="s1">EMTALA is important XX XXX healthcare XXXXXXXX for three XXXXXXX: EMTALA XXXXXXX XXX XXXXX of XXX fiduciary duties XX XXXXXXXXXX providers, improves the XXXXXXX XX healthcare XXXXXXXXXX XXX XXX XXXXXXXXX, XXX XXXX an XXXXXXXXXX cost burden XX hospitals XX an unfunded XXXXXXX. XXXXXXXX, XXXXXX requires that all XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX emergency XXXXXXXXX XX all XXXXXXXX regardless of their ability XX pay. XXX example, XX a homeless XXXXXX with XX XXXXX or insurance coverage XX delivered unconscious to a hospital’s emergency room suffering XXXX an opioid XXXXXXXX that led XX XXXXXXXXXXX difficulties, the XXXXXXXX is XXXXXXX XX resuscitate XXX stabilize XXX homeless individual XX the hospital’s own XXXXXXX. Secondly, EMTALA improves the XXXXXXX of the XXXXXXXXXX for XXX XXXXXXXXX, XX guaranteeing a basic level of XXXXXXXXX healthcare coverage XXX all citizens XXX demand it. (XXXXXXXXXX, XXXX) XXXXXXX, XXXXXX, XX an XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXX XXXXXX XXX rights XX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX coverage XXXXX XX XXX XXXXXXXXX, XXXXX XX seen XX a XXXXX XXXXXX of rising costs in the XXXXXXXXXX system. (Lee, 2004) XXXXXX XXX XXXX been XXXXXXXXXX XXX XXXXXXX an XXXXXXX in emergency XXXX demand, strains on emergency XXXX capacity, longer ER wait times, XXXXXXXXXXXX, lower efficiency and XXXXXX XXXXXX on healthcare XXXXXXXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX XXX XXXX criticized for XXX XXXX definition XX a XXXXXXX emergency, its XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX, XXX its status XX a XXXXX XXX ‘patient XXXXXXX’.(XXX, XXXX)</span></p> <p><span class="s1"></span> </p> <p><span XXXXX="s1">XX conclusion, EMTALA XXX a major development in XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX medical XXXXXXX coverage XXX XXX XXXXXXXXX when it was executed, and was praised XXX its egalitarianism and progressiveness, XXXXXXXX it has come at XXX cost of XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX.<span XXXXX="XXXXX-XXXXXXXXX-XXXXX"></span></span></p> <p><span XXXXX="XX"></span> </p> <p><span XXXXX="XX"></span> </p> <p><span XXXXX="s1"></span> </p> <p><span XXXXX="XX"></span> </p> <p><span XXXXX="XX"></span> </p> <p><span class="XX"></span> </p> <p><span XXXXX="XX">XXXXXXXXXX</span></p> <p><span class="XX">Bitterman, X. X. (2006). XXXXXX XXX the ethical XXXXXXXX of hospital emergency services. XXXXXXXXX Medicine Clinics, XX(3), 557-XXX.</span></p> <p><span class="XX"></span> </p> <p><span XXXXX="s1">Hermer, L. X. (XXXX). The XXXXXXXXX: XXXXXX XXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX. XX & XXX'y, 14, 695.</span></p> <p><span XXXXX="s1"></span> </p> <p><span class="XX">XXX, X. X. (2004). XX XXXXXX primer: The XXXXXX XX changes in XXX XXXXXXXXX medicine landscape XX XXXXXX compliance XXX XXXXXXXXXXX. Annals Health L., 13, 145.</span></p> <p><span class="s1"></span> </p> <p><span XXXXX="XX">XXXXXXXXXX, X. (XXXX, October). XXX XXXXXXXXX Medical Treatment XXX Active Labor XXX (XXXXXX): XXXX it XX and what it means for physicians. In Baylor XXXXXXXXXX Medical Center XXXXXXXXXXX (XXX. 14, No. 4, XX. XXX-XXX). XXXXXX & Francis.</span></p>">
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