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Caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place, the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC) in Jackson has taken drastic action and announced that on a case-by-case basis, it may decide not to accept future transfers from facilities it believes have the resources to care for those patients themselves. But in so doing, UMC may have put itself in danger of violating the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA), says one expert.

Desperate to stop the flow of red ink, Level I trauma center will deny transfers