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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +

Broadened Non-Discrimination Mandates Imposed on Medical Providers – How to Comply

Bowditch & Dewey on 7/30/2024

The Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law in 2010, contained a provision (commonly referred to as Section 1557) prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in...more

HHS Proposes Rule Strengthening Section 1557 Protections Against Nondiscrimination in Health Activities

BakerHostetler on 8/8/2022

On Aug. 4, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its proposed rule, Nondiscrimination in Health Care and Activities (Proposed Rule), to revise its regulations pertaining to Section 1557 of the...more

Biden Administration Proposes Significant Revisions to Trump-Era Nondiscrimination Regulations

Foley Hoag LLP on 7/29/2022

On July 25, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a long-awaited proposed rule on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the nondiscrimination protections...more

HHS Proposes Rules for Nondiscrimination in Health Care

K&L Gates LLP on 9/22/2015

On September 8, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) proposed new regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). Section 1557 prohibits...more

The Future of Healthcare Discrimination Litigation-Section 1557 of the ACA

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 8/18/2015

This article was originally published by American Health Lawyers Association. Copyright 2015, American Health Lawyers Association, Washington, DC. Reprint permission granted. It is no secret that the Affordable Care Act...more

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