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Risk managers have struggled for a long time to interpret the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, but the recent release of the final rule promised to clear up a great deal of disagreement and differing takes on what the law requires. Some of that promise was fulfilled, but there still is plenty of room to worry about what EMTALA really means, say legal experts who continue to study the law for its many nuances.

Plenty questions remain about EMTALA’s final rule

Risk managers have struggled for a long time to interpret the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, but the recent release of the final rule promised to clear up a great deal of disagreement and differing takes on what the law requires. Some of that promise was fulfilled, but there still is plenty of room to worry about what EMTALA really means, say legal experts who continue to study the law for its many nuances.