CMS has withdrawn a 2022 guidance issued under the Biden administration that reinforced hospitals’ obligations to provide emergency abortion care to women under the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor ...

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 ...

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 ...

EMTALA remains the law, despite the Trump administration's revocation of related guidance, causing potential confusion among healthcare providers. The Dobbs decision has worsened women's health ...

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