The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) ensures public access to emergency medical services regardless of ability to pay. EMTALA requires Medicare-participating hospitals with emergency ...

In 2018, a 13-year-old boy was diagnosed with testicular torsion in a Tennessee emergency department (ED). Urgent surgery was required. The ED had no on-call urologists. The ED physician requested ...

When Hospital A was notified about the EMTALA claim against it, the hospital’s defense attorney sprung into action and filed a motion for summary judgment. Summary judgement can only be granted if the ...

CMS has approved HCA Mission Hospital’s plan of correction to address a violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act regulators uncovered at the Asheville, N.C., hospital during a visit ...

This week, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could have devastating and widespread consequences for pregnant patients, their families, and their health care providers—yes, even considering where ...

HHS aimed to add some clarity to the nation’s shifting abortion landscape in July when it issued guidance to hospitals underscoring that abortion is covered under a 36-year-old federal law requiring ...

The number of hospitals penalized or investigated for violations of emergency treatment rules dropped several percentage points over the past 10 years. Under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor ...

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday in a case that could determine whether doctors can provide abortions to pregnant women with medical emergencies in states that enact abortion bans.The ...

This month we look at a case involving the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, commonly referred to as EMTALA. EMTALA was enacted by Congress in 1986 as part of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget ...