Biden-Harris Administration Launches New Option to Report Potential Violations of Federal Law and Continue to Promote Patient Access to Stabilizing Emergency Care

https://www.cms.gov/priorities/your-patient-rights/emergency-room-rights/how-to-file-complaint?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--I9LYVoV-oNtTQMO05y8FVs2obRpWT2vwIhXltsSE4Qv8sbfteHAHw1n8qaurrPjFriwmWO81W8m3EVcyOs7SD53ox-g&_hsmi=308143698&utm_content=308143698&utm_source=hs_email With new EMTALA option, CMS will take your complaints Patients can now file complaints directly with the federal government if they were denied emergency care including emergency abortions on a new web portal, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday. The Biden administration has said that such denials of care violate the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act or EMTALA, a law that requires hospitals to provide emergency care to any patient. The new portal is designed to make reporting denials of care easier for patients and help CMS, which enforces the federal law, to investigate patient claims. “We want to make sure that everyone knows their rights and can take action to help make sure the health care system is safe for everyone,” CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said in a statement. The application of EMTALA to abortions is currently at the center of a Supreme Court case that will weigh whether an exception should be made in certain cases for emergency abortions. EMTALA, a vital health law you’ve never heard of, is in danger By Nicole HuberfeldApril 23, 2024 https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/23/supreme-court-abortion-idaho-emtala-case-could-imperil-emergency-care/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_o_BJPseXN0UEDWubs1TZtXBzc2QdrVxO8tmXu-YU0hC7sULLApjgQoI7msubE_cY6p4W8o8ZjHH8BHNLNTfzovfNn0A&_hsmi=308143698&utm_content=308143698&utm_source=hs_email Biden-Harris Administration Launches New Option to Report Potential Violations of Federal Law and Continue to Promote Patient Access to Stabilizing Emergency Care https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/05/21/biden-harris-administration-launches-new-option-report-potential-violations-federal-law-continue-promote-patient-access-stabilizing-emergency-care.html?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_xbuW0yBXtKbITlrG7S2y6mhR8HSGl21E82X0KCAHksTdA94YA__GLRJkaibQF4KGiFvlwIXwqa7j3yq9psRxo6s6MrA&_hsmi=308143698&utm_content=308143698&utm_source=hs_email Supreme Court judges wrestle with abortion access in emergency cases Sarah Owermohle By Sarah Owermohle April 24, 2024 https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/24/supreme-court-emergency-abortion-access/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9WjQuI3LIArlF3O4A645d6sy-XE4ONnX9v8LRRZ1U9YNrlyRLPH1J5OSf-AnzNFynlZyzWFmv2TfHtF6MViJXjJfCVSg&_hsmi=308143698&utm_content=308143698&utm_source=hs_email