Navigating EMTALA Rules
Compliance Perspectives: Healthcare Compliance at the Border
The Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recently issued final regulations (“Reproductive Health Care Rule”) under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released to the public on Dec. 5, 2022, new training materials (Training Materials) on the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) consisting of a new, high-level...more
President Biden issues a new executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Trade Commission to take steps to safeguard access to reproductive healthcare services, protect patient...more
On July 11, 2022, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra, issued a letter to hospitals stating that the Federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) requires physicians and...more
The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (“Secretary”) issued a letter to healthcare providers ("Letter") and associated guidance on July 11, 2022, reminding applicable providers of their EMTALA...more
Since the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in which the Court determined that the authority to regulate abortion rests with the political branches, i.e. legislatures, and not the courts,...more
In the Executive Order on An America-First Healthcare Plan, issued September 24, 2020, President Trump addressed, among other health care issues, the issue of surprise billing (also sometimes characterized as “balance...more
On March 13, 2020, when President Trump declared a national emergency under the Stafford Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services utilized his authority to take particular actions, such as temporarily waiving or...more