MedPage Today May 2, 2023
— State laws may have changed, but federal EMTALA requirements have not, says HHS secretary
Two Midwest hospitals are under federal investigation for potentially violating the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) by allegedly failing to offer appropriate obstetric emergency care.
On Monday, CMS announced investigations into the unnamed hospitals’ failures to “offer necessary stabilizing care to an individual experiencing an emergency medical condition” per EMTALA, according to an HHS statement.
The facilities in question are Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Missouri, and the University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City, according to the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC). The Washington-based NWLC is representing the patient, Mylissa Farmer.
“Last August, Ms. Farmer experienced preterm premature rupture of...
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