HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Melanie Fontes Rainer on Progress and News at OCR
Updates to Statute 1557 that Healthcare Providers Need to Know
On May 9, 2024, the Biden Administration continued its push to update and modernize federal nondiscrimination protections by publishing revised regulations (the “Final Rule”) that amend the Department of Health and Human...more
In the face of tragic allegations, the Sixth Circuit has held that a patient’s disability discrimination claim against a hospital is not timed barred by the Rehabilitation Act, which borrows a state’s applicable statute of...more
Late last month, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) jointly published “Guidance on ‘Long COVID’ as a Disability Under the ADA, Section 504, and Section 1557.” In short,...more
Compliance Today (June 2020) - On March 28, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a bulletin reminding healthcare organizations of their obligations under the...more