Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)
The AHA, Association of American Medical Colleges and America’s Essential Hospitals, friend-of-the-court brief in a Supreme Court case.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services May 1 announced two investigations of hospitals that allegedly did not offer necessary stabilizing care to an individual experiencing an emergency medical condition in violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
A federal judge in Idaho Aug. 24 preliminarily enjoined an Idaho law in circumstances where it would conflict with the requirements of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. The court concluded that the Idaho law lacks “a cutout for EMTALA-required care,” and thus “would inject…
The Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit challenging an Idaho law restricting abortion.
The Department of Health and Human Services today released guidance and a letter to providers regarding HHS enforcement of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.