Hospital is hot to trot to discharge her too early and wants her to pay for expensive TPN, anti-nausea, etc. and just can't live like that. If she gets released and doesn't use the TPN or whatever and needs to return to the ER because she is in constant pain, throwing up and/or dehydrated, can they refuse to help her? State law says they are supposed to allow everyone with emergencies, just don't know what happens after you leave with discharge notice and you don't or cannot do all of what they say. Please no social services advice, she does not qualify because she is married (both on social security so that makes them 'over income').
2006-12-18 10:22:37 · 6 answers · asked by . 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
EMTALA (the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act) requires a hospital, on each visit, to provide a screening and the necessary treatment to stabilize an individual before they can discharge someone. They are not allowed to ask about means of payment until after the screening and the treatment to stabilize the patient. Once she leaves the hospital, EMTALA starts over again. If she were to leave the hospital, then return through the emergency room, EMTALA requires the hospital to act. They cannot refuse to provide these services to her.
2006-12-18 10:28:21 · answer #1 · answered by Ron H 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I worked contained in the employer place of work of a well being midsection for 10 years. This idea being handed round that unpaid ER costs are 'paid for by technique of taxpayers' is a large stretch of the fact. ER prices are billed to the affected man or woman. If the affected man or woman can no longer or received't pay an attempt is made to exercising recurring a charge plan. If that is going nowhere then the prices are pronounced a collection employer. customarily at this aspect the prices are written off by technique of the well being midsection as undesirable debt and accounted for on the hospitals tax returns. those undesirable debt write-offs are not any further paid for by technique of taxpayers and they do no longer even result well being insurance businesses.
2016-11-27 02:57:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No hospital receiving any state or federal funds or is a medicare/medicade participating facility can refuse anyone for lack of payment.
Even with Social Security there are provisions for participation in medicare in some situations as there are provisions for medicaid. You say you don't want social services advice yet you would come to an anonymous blog by persons who may not know whether to cry or peel peaches. Please reconsider reinvestigating your situation. One thing that is helpful is free medications from several pharmaceutical manufacturers. Social workers can assist you here.
2006-12-18 11:19:04 · answer #3 · answered by Donald W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure it is a county hospital because they receive federal funds they cannot refuse anyone......Now about the meds...Get on the internet and contact some pharmaceutical companies. Some are now offering free medications to those who can't afford them and their qualifications are different than social programs...I know Pfizer is one company that does, there is also Merck, Hope this helps you.....
2006-12-18 14:34:20 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They will treat your mother, and then send her back home. Your mom can contact the drug companies and they will assist her with the anti nausea medications such as Zofran, Anzemet, Scope patches etc.....
If your mother is in constant pain, she needs to tell her physician, so he can increase her pain medications. Sometimes the pain meds are the cause of the nausea.
2006-12-18 10:31:10 · answer #5 · answered by happydawg 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-18 10:51:43 · answer #6 · answered by cef g 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋