The medical director of hospital has received several requests for patient transfers to other facilities
Based on the Emergency Medical Transfer Active Labor Act, which of the following cases would justify interfacility transfer? Select all that apply.
A) A patient requires emergency coronary angioplasty and the sending hospital is not equipped to perform this service.
B) The family of a patient severely injured in a car wreck in another state requests that the patient be transferred to a facility where they live.
C) The administration of the hospital requests that a patient who lacks health insurance be transferred to a facility that can better absorb the cost of his care.
D) A surgeon at the receiving hospital has unique experience performing a procedure that the patient requires.
A, B, C
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