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wolf · 03-23-2005, 01:52 PM

Federal Medicare law says you have to treat to the point of stabilizing, regardless of insurance status. (no, I haven't read the whole law, just parts of EMTALA relevant to what I do, so I don't actually know what medicare has to say about continuing care of this kind. And yes, medicare law does apply even when the patient is not covered by medicare.)

03-23-2005, 01:52 PM	#96
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Federal Medicare law says you have to treat to the point of stabilizing, regardless of insurance status. (no, I haven't read the whole law, just parts of EMTALA relevant to what I do, so I don't actually know what medicare has to say about continuing care of this kind. And yes, medicare law does apply even when the patient is not covered by medicare.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis