Alerts

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has increasingly focused its efforts on investigating hospital emergency departments for potential violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which guarantees access to emergency medical services if a patient requests examination or treatment regardless of ability to pay.

Recent Indiana legislative sessions have limited the ability of health care entities to enter non-compete agreements with physicians, and the impact of that legislation is starting to be seen. 

The spate of class-action lawsuits against banks and credit unions (“Financial Institutions”) involving overdraft fees has prompted Indiana Financial Institutions to amend their existing account agreements to provide for arbitration (in lieu of costly litigation) and to prohibit consumers from initiating or joining into class-actions against Financial Institutions (“Arbitration/Class Action Waivers”). 

With the advent of the federal Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) that begins on January 1, 2024, financial institutions will need to re-think their information and certification requirements for account and loan customers.