Objectives Examine trends in mental health-related emergency department (ED) visits,
changes in disposition and length of stay (LOS), describe disposition by age and estimate …

Objectives: The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) is a federal law
enacted in 1986 prohibiting patient dumping (refusing or transferring patients with …

Methods We reviewed descriptions of all EMTALA-related OIG civil monetary penalty
settlements from 2002–2018. OB-related cases were identified using keywords in settlement …

Suicide is a leading cause of death among youth, and emergency departments (EDs) play
an important role in caring for youth with suicidality. Shortages in outpatient and inpatient …

Abstract Objective The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) is a federal
law established in 1986 to ensure that patients who present to an emergency department …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act
(EMTALA) is intended to prevent inadequate, delayed, or denied treatment of emergent …

Overhead page:“Code Gray in bed 32.” You find an agitated, combative, and clearly
frightened woman in her thirties. After attempting to calm her down and de-escalate the …

In 1985, the United States Congress passed the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act
(COBRA), which encompasses many health insurance program regulations. This act …

Few areas of clinical medicine are as entwined with the law as emergency psychiatry. The
legal concepts underpinning our craft include patient rights, duties to third parties, and …

The number and proportion of mental health crisis emergency department visits have been
steadily increasing in the United States in recent years. In 2014, there were more than 2.2 …