http://www.medlaw.com/newblog/washington-suits-seeks-to-block-state-medicaid-plans-that-may-violate-emtala-and-bba/ EMTALA and Healthlaw Resources for Hospitals, Physicians and Their Attorneys Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:03:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.medlaw.com/newblog/washington-suits-seeks-to-block-state-medicaid-plans-that-may-violate-emtala-and-bba/#comment-25 Medicare Buz » Blog Archive » Medicaid Directors To Feds: Give States Flexibility Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:03:46 +0000 http://www.medlaw.com/newblog/?p=49#comment-25 [...] What the plans don’t admit to is that they know they are out of line based on years of prior warnings from Washington.  They know, also that they don’t have an EMTALA waiver – because EMTALA applies to the hospital, not the plan.  But in several states, hospitals have been told that the plans have “EMTALA waivers” to try to get hospitals to shut up and go along with the plan.  Groups protesting the Medicaid demands report that they have challenged by the plans to “just try and do anything about it.”Source: medlaw.com [...] [...] What the plans don’t admit to is that they know they are out of line based on years of prior warnings from Washington.  They know, also that they don’t have an EMTALA waiver – because EMTALA applies to the hospital, not the plan.  But in several states, hospitals have been told that the plans have “EMTALA waivers” to try to get hospitals to shut up and go along with the plan.  Groups protesting the Medicaid demands report that they have challenged by the plans to “just try and do anything about it.”Source: medlaw.com [...]

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