EMTALA 2025: Two-Part Webinar Series
Date: 12/2/25 and 12/9/25
Fee: $225 for one webinar; or $375 for both webinars.
9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Central time
Audience:
Chief Medical Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, Compliance Officer, Emergency Department Personnel, Joint Commission Coordinator, Medical Records, Quality Improvement personnel, Risk Manager, Legal Counsel.
Overview:
This two-part webinar will cover the regulations and interpretive guidelines regarding the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). Every hospital that has an emergency department and accepts Medicare and Medicaid payment must follow the federal law and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation (CoPs) Interpretive Guidelines on EMTALA. Hospitals without emergency departments must comply with EMTALA if they have specialized capabilities. For example, EMTALA can impact obstetrical patients and behavioral health patients.
The series will include discussion of a case that has created an enormous expansion of hospital and practitioner liability under federal law. The case illustrates the importance of understanding the role that case law has in the outcome of EMTALA litigation.
It is anticipated that healthcare facilities will see larger EMTALA fines and more activity due to the higher fines and the OIG final changes. These changes are not in the CMS CoPs and will be discussed.
Learning Objectives:
– Recognize EMTALA as a frequently cited deficiency for hospitals.
– Recall that CMS has a manual on EMTALA that all hospitals that accept Medicare must follow.
– Describe the requirement that hospitals must maintain a central log.
– Discuss the hospital’s requirement to maintain a list of physicians on call to evaluate emergency department patients.
– Recite the CMS requirements on what must be on the EMTALA sign.
– Explain the hospital’s requirements regarding a minor who is brought to the ED by a non-parent for a medical screening exam.
– Discuss when the hospital must complete a certification of false labor.
– Discuss the main requirements of an emergency preparedness program.
Speaker:
Laura A. Dixon served as the director of risk management and patient safety for the Colorado Region of Kaiser Permanente. Prior to joining Kaiser, she served as the director, facility patient safety and risk management and operations for COPIC from 2014 to 2020. In her role, she provided patient safety and risk management consultation and training to facilities, practitioners, and staff in multiple states. Dixon has more than 20 years of clinical experience in acute care facilities, including critical care, coronary care, peri-operative services, and pain management. Prior to joining COPIC, she served as the director, Western region, patient safety and risk management for The Doctors Company in Napa, California. In this capacity, she provided patient safety and risk management consultation to the physicians and staff for the western United States As a registered nurse and attorney, Dixon holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Regis University, RECEP of Denver, a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Drake University College of Law, Des Moines, Iowa, and a Registered Nurse Diploma from Saint Luke’s School Professional Nursing, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is licensed to practice law in Colorado and California.
This speaker has no real or perceived conflicts of interest that relate to this presentation.
No Comments