Rodriguez-Perez v. CARIBBEAN MEDICAL CENTER

ORDER

CEREZO, District Judge.

This action, brought pursuant to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd, is before us on defendant Caribbean Medical Center’s (CMC) Motion for Summary Judgment (docket entry 23). Defendant cites the statutory definition of “hospital” 42 U.S.C. § 1395x(e) which, in pertinent part, defines hospital as an institution which “(1) is primarily engaged in providing, by or under the supervision of physicians, to inpatients.... ” (our emphasis), as well as arguing that it was not a Medicare provider on the date plaintiff came to…