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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

Epstein Becker & Green

HHS Extends the Antidiscrimination Provisions of the Affordable Care Act to Patient Care Decision Support Tools, Including...

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Turns out, ignorance really is bliss, at least according to the Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) within the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), in publishing its final rule on algorithmic discrimination by payers...more

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Pandemic and Political Shifts in Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act

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As part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Section 1557 is a multilayered approach to prohibit discrimination based on color, national origin, sex, age, and disability in health programs or “activities that receive federal...more

Baker Donelson

Employers and Health Care Providers Take Note: Recent Announcements Forecast Increased Government Enforcement of Discrimination...

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The law regarding discrimination on the basis of "sex" continues to evolve rapidly. Perhaps sparked by last year's landmark discrimination ruling in the Bostock case and by President Biden's day-one Executive Order on...more

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Health Care Providers’ Crisis Care Guidelines in Light of Recent OCR and CDPH Guidance

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Faced with an ongoing public health emergency that threatens to overload healthcare systems, many states, including California, have developed or revisited their crisis care guidelines to address a potential COVID-19 patient...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

OCR Pushes Back Against Discriminatory State Triaging Guidelines

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Two recent decisions of the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) illustrate that age and disability status cannot be used as blanket criteria for denying access to health care services, even...more

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HHS Releases Far-Reaching Proposed Rule to Prohibit Discrimination by “Covered Entities” Pursuant to Section 1557 of the...

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On September 8, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published a proposed rule titled “Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities” (“Proposed Rule”)[1] to implement the nondiscrimination...more

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HHS Proposes Rules for Nondiscrimination in Health Care

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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

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