Solutions to EMTALA and the On-Call Crises

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Scott E. Rudkin, MD, MBA Do you understand the financial impact of the on-call crisis and how it affects the emergency department? Dr. Scott Rudkin, associate professor of emergency medicine in the department of emergency medicine at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine explains his research findings about the on-call crisis as well as solutions explored in California and across the nation. Learn why ambulance diversion may soon end while a fee for on-call service may be implemented. Dr. Shira Johnson hosts.