Year: 2007
Resolution Number: 45
Action Taken: No Action
Status:
Author(s): Ronald C. Barry, MD
Sponsor: Ronald C. Barry, MD, Saginaw County
On behalf of:
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS urge the federal government to support the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) mandate that physicians provide care for the uninsured emergency department patients by providing some tax relief for these services in the form of a deductible business expense no less than 25 percent of the Medicare allowed costs for the procedures or services performed.
RESOLVED: That MSMS urge the federal government to support the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) mandate that physicians provide care for the uninsured emergency department patients by providing some tax relief for these services in the form of a deductible business expense no less than 25 percent of the Medicare allowed costs for the procedures or services performed.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Incentive for Surgeons Taking Emergency Department Call