Healthcare/Hospital Law
Apr. 18, 2001
Critical Condition
9th Circuit holds that hospitals' duties under "patient dumping" laws are triggered when the ambulance contacts a hospital.
By Lowell C. Brown and R. Gregory Cochran
By now, most Americans generally are aware that federal law forbids hospital emergency departments from turning away any prospective patient based on his or her ability to pay. Often known as the "patient dumping" statute, the law is codified as the Emergency Medical Treat...
By now, most Americans generally are aware that federal law forbids hospital emergency departments from turning away any prospective patient based on his or her ability to pay. Often known as the "patient dumping" statute, the law is codified as the Emergency Medical Treat...
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