Ritten v. Lapeer Regional Medical Center

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• stating the regulations provide that a physician' “may” challenge the report through administrative channels, and thus “does not dictate such a course of action as a prerequisite to suit.”
• EMTALA’s whistleblower provision protected physician plaintiff who alleged retaliation based on refusal to transfer patient he reasonably believed was not stabilized, even if it was later proven that patient was, in fact, stabilized
• “As the parties observe, there is no case law addressing the standards that should govern a claim under the EMTALA’s anti-retaliation provision, so both sides have agreed that it is appropriate to analyze Plaintiffs claim under the standards that govern Title VII claims of retaliation.”
• applying McDonnell Douglas analysis to an EMTALA retaliation claim

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