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AI and Healthcare: Decoding the Latest 1557 Non-Discrimination Regulations

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Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibits providers and health plans that receive reimbursement from the federal government from discriminating against individuals in the Covered Entities’ health programs. Such...more

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HHS Issues Final Rule to Expand Discrimination Prohibition in Health Care Services

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a final rule on May 6, 2024 (the “Final Rule”) under Section 1557 of the...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Nondiscrimination in Healthcare: HHS’s New Final Rule Under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act

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Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act prohibits discrimination in healthcare based on a number of characteristics including race, color, national origin, sex, age, and disability. On April 26, 2024, the Department of Health...more

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Issues Final Rule Expanding Nondiscrimination Protections

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On April 26, 2024, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act,...more

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HHS Publishes Final Rule Governing Healthcare Conscience Protections

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On Jan. 11, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) published its 2024 Final Rule governing healthcare conscience protections, "Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as...more

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Fate Uncertain for HHS’s Extension of ACA Discrimination Protections to Abortion & Gender Transition

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In May 2016 HHS issued a final rule implementing the Affordable Care Act’s Section 1557 nondiscrimination provision, which applies to recipients of funding from HHS. The rule prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender...more

Fisher Phillips

Federal Judge Blocks Transgender Protections

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On Saturday, December 31, 2016, a federal judge in Texas entered a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the enforcement of antidiscrimination protections pertaining to transgender and abortion health services and...more

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EndNotes - September 2016 - News for North Carolina's Hospice and Palliative Care Community

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Nondiscrimination Final Rule under the ACA Imposes New Requirements on Hospice Agencies - On May 26, 2016, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Civil Rights (OCR), issued the...more

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Nondiscrimination Final Rule under the ACA Imposes New Requirements on Hospice Agencies

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On May 26, 2016, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Civil Rights (OCR), issued the “Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities” final rule, implementing Section 1557 of the...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Nondiscrimination Standards Under ACA Section 1557: Now Is the Time to Act

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Health insurers and group health plan sponsors must closely review the final rule titled “Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities” (“Final Rule”) implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) that...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

ACA Non-Discrimination Rules May Apply to Certain Healthcare Employers' Benefits Practices

In May, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued final regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. This legislative provision, which has been in effect since 2010, prohibits health...more

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Final Rule Issued on ACA’s Non-Discrimination Provision for Federally Funded Programs

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Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), in effect since 2010, prohibits discrimination in any federally funded health program on the basis of race, national origin, sex, age, or disability. The Department of Health...more

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