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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?

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In November 2003, the Orlando Sentinel published a series of articles on OxyContin, exemplifying the media’s moral panic about opioids (12). This unexpectedly and undesirably increased health insurers’ medication costs, including Medicare and Medicaid (22). How Did the Media Contribute to this Moral Panic?

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It’s a Long Way From Here to There: Advanced Healthcare Practitioners, EMTALA’s Call Coverage Requirements, and Rural Hospitals

Healthcare Law Insights blog

Under EMTALA, each Medicare-participating hospital with an emergency department (ED) must screen every person coming to the ED for an emergency medical condition (EMC), and either stabilize or appropriately transfer each patient found to have an EMC. See 42 C.F.R. j)(1) [xiv] EMTALA SOM, Tag A-2404