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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
Don't those rules only apply to public facilities that accept Medicare?
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All patients. In fact, these regulations came about because a pregnant illegal alien in Southern Texas came to the ER of a private hospital and was sent to a public hospital without proper evaluation. For whatever reason she died en route and so the s**tstorm began. Of course, there were so few violations that the "powers that be" started calling improperly filled out paperwork a violation and fined accordingly. As a result, ERs all across the country were reluctant to accept patients from other facilities. The only time we even tried was when we could not provide a needed service or patient request.