Name: The 4-1-1 from CMS on EMTALA for BH Emergencies with Dr. Sean Michael by ACEP Frontline
Duration: 40 min 37 s
Description: In this episode, we talk with Dr. Sean Michael, Regional Chief Medical Officer for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. We discuss EMTALA as a tool for emergency departments and EM physicians to facilitate the management, acceptance, and transfer of behavioral health patients. We often see EMTALA as a barrier, but we discuss how it can be used to better serve your patients.

Great interview. I'm interested to see how this will play out (the application and enforcement of EMTALA as a framework for securing transfers/admissions of behavioral health patients)

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Sean Michael, Regional Chief Medical Officer for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. We discuss EMTALA as a tool for emergency departments and EM physicians to facilitate the management, acceptance, and transfer of behavioral health patients. We often see EMTALA as a barrier, but we discuss how it can be used to better serve your patients.

The 4-1-1 from CMS on EMTALA for BH Emergencies with Dr. Sean Michael

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