Federal Appellate Court Affirms No Violation Of EMTALA

July 22, 2021

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) affirmed in its decision dated June 28, 2021: “Beginning with the EMTALA [Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act] claims, we agree that the operative complaint alleges no facts that wou[...]

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Patient Dumping (The EMTALA Anti-Patient Dumping Statute)

March 8, 2012

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (“EMTALA”) was enacted by the U.S. Congress to prevent hospitals from “dumping” patients in need of emergency care. The EMTALA was passed in 1986 in response to reports that hospitals were engaging in “patient du[...]

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