1. In 1986, Congress enacted the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) to ensure public access to emergency services regardless of ability to pay. Section 1867 of the Social Security Act imposes specific obligations on Medicare-participating hospitals that offer emergency services to provide a medical screening examination (MSE) when a request is made for examination or treatment for an emergency medical condition (EMC), including active labor, regardless of an individual\'s ability to pay. Hospitals are then required to provide stabilizing treatment for patients with EMCs. If a hospital is unable to stabilize a patient within its capability, or if the patient requests, an appropriate transfer should be implemented. 2. All patients should be guaranteed the following freedoms: To seek consultation with the physician(s) of their choice; To contract with their physician(s) on mutually agreeable terms; To be treated confidentially, with access to their records limited to those involved in their care or designated by the patient; To use their own resources to purchase the care of their choice; To refuse medical treatment even if it is recommended by their physician(s); To be informed about their medical condition, the risks and benefits of treatment and appropriate alternatives; To refuse third-party interference in their medical care, and to be confident that their actions in seeking or declining medical care will not result in third-party-imposed penalties for patients or physicians; 3. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA; Pub.L. 104–191, 110 Stat. 1936, enacted August 21, 1996) was enacted by the United States Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996. It has been known as the Kennedy–Kassebaum Act or Kassebaum-Kennedy Act after two of its leading sponsors.[1][2] Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs. Title II of HIPAA, known as the Administrative Simplification (AS) provisions, requires the establishment of national standards forelectronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers, health insurance plans, and employers. Solution 1. In 1986, Congress enacted the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) to ensure public access to emergency services regardless of ability to pay. Section 1867 of the Social Security Act imposes specific obligations on Medicare-participating hospitals that offer emergency services to provide a medical screening examination (MSE) when a request is made for examination or treatment for an emergency medical condition (EMC), including active labor, regardless of an individual\'s ability to pay. Hospitals are then required to provide stabilizing treatment for patients with EMCs. If a hospital is unable to stabilize a patient within its capability, or if the patient requests, an appropriate transfer should be implemented. 2. All patients should be guarante.

1. 1. In 1986, Congress enacted the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) to
ensure public access to emergency services regardless of ability to pay. Section 1867 of the
Social Security Act imposes specific obligations on Medicare-participating hospitals that offer
emergency services to provide a medical screening examination (MSE) when a request is made
for examination or treatment for an emergency medical condition (EMC), including active labor,
regardless of an individual's ability to pay. Hospitals are then required to provide stabilizing
treatment for patients with EMCs. If a hospital is unable to stabilize a patient within its
capability, or if the patient requests, an appropriate transfer should be implemented.
2. All patients should be guaranteed the following freedoms:
To seek consultation with the physician(s) of their choice;
To contract with their physician(s) on mutually agreeable terms;
To be treated confidentially, with access to their records limited to those involved in their care or
designated by the patient;
To use their own resources to purchase the care of their choice;
To refuse medical treatment even if it is recommended by their physician(s);
To be informed about their medical condition, the risks and benefits of treatment and appropriate
alternatives;
To refuse third-party interference in their medical care, and to be confident that their actions in
seeking or declining medical care will not result in third-party-imposed penalties for patients or
physicians;
3. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA; Pub.L. 104–191,
110 Stat. 1936, enacted August 21, 1996) was enacted by the United States Congress and signed
by President Bill Clinton in 1996. It has been known as the Kennedy–Kassebaum Act or
Kassebaum-Kennedy Act after two of its leading sponsors.[1][2] Title I of HIPAA protects
health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs.
Title II of HIPAA, known as the Administrative Simplification (AS) provisions, requires the
establishment of national standards forelectronic health care transactions and national identifiers
for providers, health insurance plans, and employers.
Solution
1. In 1986, Congress enacted the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) to
ensure public access to emergency services regardless of ability to pay. Section 1867 of the
Social Security Act imposes specific obligations on Medicare-participating hospitals that offer
emergency services to provide a medical screening examination (MSE) when a request is made

2. for examination or treatment for an emergency medical condition (EMC), including active labor,
regardless of an individual's ability to pay. Hospitals are then required to provide stabilizing
treatment for patients with EMCs. If a hospital is unable to stabilize a patient within its
capability, or if the patient requests, an appropriate transfer should be implemented.
2. All patients should be guaranteed the following freedoms:
To seek consultation with the physician(s) of their choice;
To contract with their physician(s) on mutually agreeable terms;
To be treated confidentially, with access to their records limited to those involved in their care or
designated by the patient;
To use their own resources to purchase the care of their choice;
To refuse medical treatment even if it is recommended by their physician(s);
To be informed about their medical condition, the risks and benefits of treatment and appropriate
alternatives;
To refuse third-party interference in their medical care, and to be confident that their actions in
seeking or declining medical care will not result in third-party-imposed penalties for patients or
physicians;
3. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA; Pub.L. 104–191,
110 Stat. 1936, enacted August 21, 1996) was enacted by the United States Congress and signed
by President Bill Clinton in 1996. It has been known as the Kennedy–Kassebaum Act or
Kassebaum-Kennedy Act after two of its leading sponsors.[1][2] Title I of HIPAA protects
health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs.
Title II of HIPAA, known as the Administrative Simplification (AS) provisions, requires the
establishment of national standards forelectronic health care transactions and national identifiers
for providers, health insurance plans, and employers.