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 ...
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 ...
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The chair of the powerful Senate Finance Committee is pressing hospitals on their compliance with federal emergency care law amid mounting reports that patients who need lifesaving abortions are being ...
3rd Party Has No Right to Bring EMTALA Action Against Hospital Summary Judgment on Stabilization Claim Denied to Ambulance-owning Hospital Increase in ED Visits for Drug-related Suicide Attempts 3rd ...
On June 3, 2025, the Trump administration rescinded Biden-era federal guidance that affirmed the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) and specifically reinforced its supremacy in ...
This case is emblematic of the tension between EMTALA and state bans on abortions. As Sheppard Mullin has previously highlighted in our blog posts located here and here, EMTALA has received renewed ...
The ongoing case Jhumra v. Orange County Global Medical Center (OCGMC) stems from an alleged delay in care and serves as a stark reminder of the legal obligations for hospitals and medical staffs ...
Two Texans are asking the federal government to intervene after they were allegedly denied abortions for ectopic pregnancies, leading to each woman losing a fallopian tube, according to complaints ...
Physician's Retaliation Suit Under EMTALA Whistleblower Provisions Advances State Peer Review Privilege Only Protects Materials Not Relevant to EMTALA Claim Physician's Retaliation Suit Under EMTALA ...
Doctors are bracing for a possible rollback of a federal law protecting their ability to provide abortions in medical emergencies. Despite issuing executive orders weakening abortion protections, ...
Late one Saturday night in May 2023, Melissa Keele's phone rang. Her son had been found alone in the desert of Colorado's Grand Valley. He was naked; his clothes, phone, keys and car were nowhere to ...