Navigating EMTALA Rules
Compliance Perspectives: Healthcare Compliance at the Border
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act ("EMTALA") provides that if a patient comes to a hospital or hospital-owned urgent care center, the hospital and relevant on-call physicians must provide an appropriate...more
On November 1, 2016 the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island denied a hospital-owned urgent care center’s summary judgment motion, contending that the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act...more