Horty Springer Medical Center Hospital, Odessa EMTALA and On-Call Issues 12.1.22

December 1, 2022

Target Audience

Nurse
Nurse Practitioner
Pharmacist
Pharmacy Technician
Physician
Physician Assistant
Psychologist

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this audio conference, participants should be able to:

Describe the federal government’s position on various on-call issues that affect the Medical Staff

Describe the interaction between an On-Call Policy and Medical Staff Professionalism Policy

Describe an approach for addressing concerns about the inadequacy of a neighboring hospital’s on-call schedule

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
11/16/2022
Course expires: 
12/31/2022
Event starts: 
12/01/2022 - 6:30pm EST
Event ends: 
12/01/2022 - 7:30pm EST


EMTALA and On-Call Issues 

What is Required (And what is fair?) 
Selective Privileging 
Accepting and Sending Transfers 
Paying for call – is it legal?
Program Concludes 

Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Ian Donaldson, JD

Faculty Disclosure

No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any proprietary entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients to disclose.

Accreditation Statement:
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and Horty Springer Seminars. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education(ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians:
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.   Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals: 
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 Attendance
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