· 9/13/1996
Bryan v. Rectors & Visitors of the University of Virginia
Citations
- 95 F.3d 349
- 1996 WL 518176
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- suggesting that refinements in federal medicaid law would be required to advance purposes of EMTALA
- sug gesting that refinements in federal medicaid law would be required to advance purposes of EMTALA
- “EMTALA is quite clear that it is not intended to preempt state tort law except where absolutely necessary.”
- “[T]he stabilization requirement was intended to regulate the hospital’s care of the patient only in the immediate aftermath of the act of admitting her for emergency treatment . . . .”
- “[EMTALA’s] core purpose is to get patients into the system who might otherwise go untreated and be left without a remedy because traditional medical malpractice law affords no claim for failure to treat.”
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Judges: Murnaghan, Williams, Phillips
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