According to guidance published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 11, 2022, EMTALA, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act of 1986, requires hospitals to provide ...

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 related to the ...

CMS will now allow patients to directly file Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act complaints with the federal government. The agency launched a web portal May 21 to inform patients about their ...

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In response to a growing pile of questions about compliance with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, HHS and CMS are deploying new education efforts. The two organizations are partnering ...

Three Surgeons in Scrubs and Protective Masks Look Down at a Patient on a Hospital Trolley CMS investigates 2 hospitals for EMTALA violations related to abortion care for a pregnancy-related emergency ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare policy, it’s crucial to examine how legislative decisions translate into real-world impact for citizens. The recent implementation of web tools supporting ...

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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 ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has pulled Biden-era guidance telling hospital emergency departments to provide abortion services as stabilizing care regardless of state law. The ...

As part of its proposed changes to the Medicare rule for hospital inpatient prospective payment systems, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, released proposed regulations that ...

States looking to restrict access to abortion, particularly those who do not include exceptions for the life and health of a pregnant person, have sparred with HHS over whether emergency care ...