EMTALA



Comment Letter
AHA comments to CMS on the need to revisit the agency's current policy concerning the applicability of EMTALA to hospital inpatients and the responsibilities of hospitals with specialized capabilities, Feb. 15, 2011

CMS issues EMTALA Interpretive Guidelines, Mar. 6, 2009

AHA Regulatory Advisory
Medicare Inpatient PPS: The Final Rule for Fiscal Year 2009, August 18, 2008

Comment Letter
AHA Comments (FY2009 IPPS Proposed Rule), June 9, 2008

CMS letter to State Survey Agency Directors
Letter (September 29, 2006) describing changes to EMTALA regulations under the final inpatient prospective payment system rule

AHA Statement 
To EMTALA Technical Advisory Group, June 15, 2005

CMS Guidance
"Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002", April 22, 2005

AHA Statement 
To EMTALA Technical Advisory Group, March 30, 2005

CMS Revised EMTALA Interpretative Guidelines
May 13, 2004

AHA Regulatory Advisory
CMS Final Rule Clarifies EMTALA Obligations, October 1, 2003

Final Rule
September 9, 2003

Full text of EMTALA Regulation

CMS Memorandum
On-Call Requirements, June 13, 2002

CMS Memorandum
Simultaneously On-Call, June 13, 2002

CMS: Proposed EMTALA Regulation
May 9, 2002

EMTALA Q&A Update From CMS
August 2001

Amicus Brief
Roberts v. Galen of Virginia, Inc.: Supreme Court of the United States (No. 97-53) September 22, 1998

Amicus Brief 
Power v. Arlington Hospital Association: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (No. 92-2195) July 19, 1993

Amicus Brief
Johnson v. University of Chicago: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (No. 91-3587) [Re: EMTALA:  “comes to the emergency department”] October 21, 1992

Amicus Brief 
Richmond Memorial Hospital v. Taja Smith and Connie Elizabeth Smith: Supreme Court of the United States (No. 92-421) October 5, 1992