Laws and Regulations

Refusal of Emergency Care and Patient Dumping

By Jeffrey Kahntroff and Rochelle Watson, AMA Journal of Ethics, Jan. 2009. Gabino Olvera is a 42-year-old man who is mentally ill, paraplegic, and homeless. He was dropped off by Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in… Read More

Nevada and New Mexico State Medical Debt Collections Laws to Take Effect July 1, 2021

By Christine Emello, Ballard Spahr, LLP, June 17, 2021. State legislatures in New Mexico and Nevada enacted laws this session targeting medical debt collections. Both laws have been signed by the states’ Governors and take effect… Read More

Federal Patient Safety Act Protects Hospital’s Infection Data From Patient Lawsuit

by Mary Anne Pazanowski, Bloomberg Law. Sept. 27, 2019. A patient who contracted an infection following an elective hospital procedure may not access information related to the hospital’s infection prevention guidelines, a federal court in… Read More

Maternal deaths rising in the U.S. – New Legislation to Find the Answer.

“Landmark” Maternal Health Legislation Clears Major Hurdle. In the wake of the ProPublica and NPR series “Lost Mothers,” the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill to fund state committees to review and investigate… Read More