EMTALA Part 1
Three Part Series
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Event Details
Hospitals must follow federal law, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regulations and interpretative guidelines for the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. This three-part series will focus on EMTALA regulations, emphasizing problematic areas of EMTALA concepts, adequacy of medical screening and on-call physician issues.
Part One focuses on EMTALA's basic requirements and available resources to hospitals. The presentation will discuss EMTALA definitions and requirements.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Describe EMTALA’s basic requirements.
- Describe why EMTALA is the most-frequently cited deficiency nationwide.
- Discuss where EMTALA applies in facilities.
- Review examples of how hospitals can keep current on regulation changes.
Nancy Ruzicka, B.S., RPh, MBA, MJ, CHC is a recognized expert on state and federal rules, regulations and interpretative guidelines. She is the owner of Ruzicka Healthcare Consulting and provides consultation to individual client hospitals, nursing facilities, rural health clinics, physician offices and other Medicare certified healthcare providers through both onsite mock surveys, remote consultation and interpretation of Medicare Conditions of Participation. She also provides education on federal regulations, throughout the nation to multiple state hospital associations including South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organization, Iowa Hospital Association, Minnesota Hospital Association, Illinois Health and Hospital Association, Missouri Hospital Association, Texas Hospital Association, and others.
Previously Nancy worked as Director of Integrity and Compliance and Privacy Oficial at Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines and Director of Regulatory Compliance at UnityPoint Health, Des Moines. She also has more than 20 years of experience working for the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (Medicare state survey agency) While working for the State of Iowa, she worked as a surveyor, program manager/supervisor, and assistant Division Administrator.
Nancy holds master’s degrees in health law and business administration and a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, all from Drake University. She is certified in health care compliance and maintains her Iowa pharmacy license.