Navigating EMTALA Rules
Compliance Perspectives: Healthcare Compliance at the Border
On January 24, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order, titled "Enforcing the Hyde Amendment," revoking President Biden's two Executive Orders 14076 (July 8, 2022) and 14079 (August 3, 2022) that federally protected...more
On January 5, 2023, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld Idaho's near-total abortion ban (I.C. § 18-622), Idaho's fetal heartbeat (“6-week”) abortion ban to the extent it is not superseded by the near-total abortion ban (I.C. §...more
Idaho’s total abortion ban took effect August 25, 2022. Under the statute, abortion of a clinically diagnoseable pregnancy is illegal unless necessary to save the life of the mother or in the case of rape or incest. (Idaho...more
On July 26, the United States Supreme Court issued its final judgment in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. As a result, Texas’ trigger law, the Human Life Protection Act, takes effect on Aug. 25 - the 30th...more
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 abortion services when...more
Following the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the federal government has issued various guidance to healthcare providers reinforcing federal legal protections or requirements...more