Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h3SLd7U00770; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 17:39:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 17:39:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <6746C0E96CC2BD46AC58ED1710FE8CB716B051@cfhex01.CAREDOM.NET> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Kirsten Aspengren" <kaspengren@cfhnyc.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3966] RE: help with "prudent layperson" explanation X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 3009 Lines: 64 I am sorry that I do not have a definition blessed by CMS, but I would love to see the handbook when you're finished. Is it possible to share it with the group? Good Luck Kirsten Kirsten L. Aspengren Health Policy Coordinator Care for the Homeless 12 West 21st Street, 8th Floor New York, NY 10010 Phone (212) 366-4459 Fax (212) 366-1773 kaspengren@cfhnyc.org -----Original Message----- From: Janet Sorensen [mailto:Jsorensen@afmc.org] Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 5:26 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3965] help with "prudent layperson" explanation I recently changed addresses and have not been reading my list messages, so forgive me if this has already been covered or if it is an inappropriate request. I'm struggling against a deadline to revise our handbook for Medicaid and CAHPS program recipients. I'm trying to get it down to a fourth- or fifth-grade reading level whenever possible. But the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says we must include certain things, such as the "prudent layperson" definition of an emergency. I might have to include the federal wording (ugh) but I'd like to put it in quotation marks and then follow it with some kind of simpler explanation--which of course would have to be approved by CMS as well. I'm wondering if a simpler explanation already exists that has already been blessed by CMS. I have had no luck so far searching on the Web. Here is the federal definition, just so you'll know what I'm talking about. I can take a stab at simplifying it but getting it approved will probably be a challenge. "The term 'emergency medical condition' means a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity (including severe pain) such that a prudent layperson, who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine, could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in -- (i) placing the health of the individual (or, with respect to a pregnant woman, the health of the woman and her unborn child) in serious jeopardy, (ii) serious impairment to bodily functions, or (iii) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part." *************************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information in this E-mail is confidential and may be privileged. This E-mail is intended solely for the named recipient or recipients. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution of this E-mail is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please inform us by replying with the subject line marked "Wrong Address" and then deleting this E-mail and any attachments. Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care, Inc. (AFMC) uses regularly updated anti-virus software in an attempt to reduce the possibility of transmitting computer viruses. We do not guarantee, however, that any attachments to this E-mail are virus-free. ***************************************************************************
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