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CMS Announces Comprehensive Plan to Ensure EMTALA Compliance

CMS’s New Actions Related to EMTALA - On January 22, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), it will launch a comprehensive plan...more

Holland & Knight LLP

EMTALA Patient Education Initiative Launched by HHS and CMS

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have started a new effort to educate the public about the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)....more

McDermott Will & Emery

New CMS Memos Provide Guidance on EMTALA Compliance for Psychiatric Hospitals

The application of EMTALA to psychiatric hospitals has long presented compliance concerns for psychiatric hospital providers. To provide clarity, the CMS recently released two memos that offer incremental additional guidance....more

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog

EMTALA: Guide for Exams, Treatment and Transfers

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (“EMTALA”) generally requires hospitals to provide emergency care to patients who come to the hospital regardless of their ability to pay. Hospitals that violate EMTALA may...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

EMTALA screening for behavioral health patients

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With the increase in mental and behavioral health patients presenting to emergency departments, hospitals often struggle with how to adequately and efficiently serve this patient population while complying with the...more

Burr & Forman

The Largest EMTALA Settlement Underscores the Difficulty of Treating Behavioral Health Patients in the Emergency Room

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On June 2, 2017, Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed Health and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General entered into the largest settlement under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

EMTALA Settlement Highlights Continuing Challenges for Hospitals

After 30 years as a fixture in the federal healthcare regulatory landscape, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act—more commonly known as EMTALA—has been in the news again. In the past year, the U.S. Department of...more

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