Publications by Ryan A. McDonald

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Court of Appeals Upholds Commitment Order, Reinforces Evidentiary Standard for Forced Medication

[04/17/26]

Indiana Court of Appeals Affirms Finding of Grave Disability Despite Initial Admission for Foot Pain

[04/07/26]

Indiana Appeals Court Affirms Patient’s Ongoing Refusal of Treatment and History of Mental Illness Can Establish Grave Disability

[03/06/26]

Indiana Appeals Court Confirms Indirect Threats Can Establish Dangerousness

[02/27/26]

Indiana Court of Appeals Affirms Regular Commitment of Patient Whose Mental Illness Is a Result of a Traumatic Brain Injury

[02/20/26]

Indiana Court of Appeals Reaffirms Holistic Approach to Grave Disability Determinations

[02/05/26]

Indiana Court of Appeals Reaffirms Evidence Standard for Extensions of Commitment

[01/29/26]

Indiana Supreme Court Reaffirms Mootness Standard in Temporary Civil Commitment Appeals

[01/22/26]

Indiana Appeals Court Clarifies Dangerousness Standard, Reaffirms Mootness Exception in Civil Commitment Case

[11/24/25]

Indiana Court of Appeals Holds Repeated Threats and Disorientation Establish Dangerousness and Grave Disability

[11/17/25]

Indiana Court of Appeals Affirms Regular Involuntary Commitment Based on Clear and Convincing Evidence

[11/14/25]

Indiana Court of Appeals Emphasizes Trial Court’s Role in Credibility Determinations for Grave Disability Findings

[10/20/25]

Indiana Court of Appeals Holds Hospital Recidivism Coupled with Medication Noncompliance May Establish Grave Disability

[10/14/25]

Indiana Medicaid Will Now Contemplate the Medical Necessity of Services Rendered During an Application for Emergency Detention 

[07/22/25]

Indiana Court of Appeals Clarifies Mootness and Collateral Consequences in Civil Commitment Appeals – A Recent Indiana Supreme Court Decision Changed the Analysis 

[07/07/25]

Expanded EMS Transport Destinations and Liability Protections: What Indiana Providers Need to Know

[06/27/25]

Indiana Court of Appeals Reaffirms Limits on “Special Conditions” in Civil Commitment Orders

[06/26/25]

Indiana Court of Appeals Confirms a Patient’s Waiver of the Right to Counsel Must Be Knowing, Voluntary and Intelligent

[04/23/25]

Indiana Court of Appeals Holds Suicidal Ideation and History of Suicide Attempts Establish Grave Disability

[03/21/25]

Indiana Court of Appeals Affirms Regular Commitment of M.M. for Grave Disability 

[03/10/25]

Navigating Immigration Enforcement in Health Care Settings

[02/04/25]

Indiana Court of Appeals Dismisses Temporary Commitment Appeal as Moot and Declines to Apply

[01/17/25]

Indiana Court of Appeals Holds a Profoundly Disorganized Thought Process Evidences Grave Disability

[01/09/25]

Indiana: Expedited Commitment Appeals Pilot to Begin September 1

[07/19/24]

Revised Emergency Detention Procedures Begin in Indiana on July 1, 2024

[06/27/24]

Incorporation by Reference Does Not Create a Material Condition of Payment

[10/18/22]

Are Religious Health Care Organizations Protected by the “Ministerial Exception” Under the Supreme Court’s Recent Decision in Our Lady Of Guadalupe?

[07/27/20]

The Sixth Circuit Joins the Majority and Confirms That a Prior Lawsuit Implicates the Public Disclosure Bar to False Claims Act Lawsuits

[06/18/20]

PPP Loans and FCA Liability

[04/24/20]

FCA’s Shadow Looms Over COVID-19 Pandemic Response

[03/20/20]