CMS previously issued a notice on March 9, 2020, emphasizing a hospital’s ongoing duties to provide appropriate medical screening exams (MSE) to individuals presenting to an emergency department (ED) ...

EMTALA is a federal law that requires all Medicare-participating hospitals with a dedicated emergency department to take certain actions when any individual comes to the emergency department and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...