News & Analysis as of September 17, 2024

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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 +

Does Section 1557 Apply to Employer Group Health Plans? (And — Why That Question May Not Even Matter)

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/21/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: Following years of back and forth, new final rules were published by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on May 6, 2024 reinstituting the Department’s interpretation that the prohibition on...more

Section 1557 Protects Transgender Patients – Again

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/13/2021

On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced that the prohibition against discrimination “on the basis of sex” under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“Section 1557”) once again includes...more

Transgender Patients Remain Protected: District Court Blocks HHS Rule From Taking Effect

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/20/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: A Federal Court has temporarily enjoined the Trump administration from putting into effect its recent rule that strips the Affordable Care Act of its gender identity protections....more

Portions of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act Enjoined by Texas Federal Court – Majority of Regulation Remains Intact.

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 1/4/2017

In May 2016, the Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) issued a Final Rule implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). Section 1557 prohibits “covered...more

Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act: Implications for Health Care Providers and Health Insurers

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/25/2016

Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”) prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity), age, or disability under any health program or activity that receives...more

Changing Legal Landscape in Transgender Health Coverage

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 9/13/2016

Gender identity and transgender rights have come to the forefront in the news over the past few years. While the case law is more settled with respect to transgender discrimination in the workplace, not much guidance is...more

HHS Final Rule Extends Anti-Discrimination Protection to Transgender Patients

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/5/2016

This past May, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin,...more

Summary: Final Rule on Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities

Foley & Lardner LLP on 6/15/2016

Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) establishes a broad prohibition on discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in health programs and activities. After almost 3 years of...more

HHS Issues Final ACA Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities Regulation

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/26/2016

In Depth - On Friday, May 13, 2016, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) finalized regulations that provide explicit protections from discrimination on the basis of gender...more

Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities: Proposed Rules from HHS

Balch & Bingham LLP on 9/11/2015

...So, why did HHS need over five years to propose the set of rules published September 8? Here are a few highlights. For brevity’s sake, we omit foreign language service requirements, disability accommodation, compliance...more

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