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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

OCR releases bulletin regarding the rights of people with disabilities

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

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Federal Magistrate Judge Recommends Allowing Discrimination Claim Against Health System for Failure to Provide Materials in...

Last month, a magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina recommended that plaintiffs’ claim of discrimination for failure to provide materials in Braille be permitted to...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Disability-Discrimination Litigation is Heating Up in the Healthcare Industry

New litigation targeting large health systems in the Southeast and a new Department of Justice settlement agreement show that disability-discrimination in the healthcare industry is on the rise. ...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

New Eleventh Circuit Opinion Broadens Healthcare Providers’ Exposure to Litigation for Failure to Provide Effective Communication...

On May 8th, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion with broad implications for healthcare providers, confirming the importance of ensuring effective communication with deaf or hearing-impaired patients....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Health Care Reform in Transition While Congress Deliberates

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Changes are imminent for the Affordable Care Act and a range of other laws and regulations affecting the health care industry. Ballard Spahr attorneys established a Health Care Reform Initiative in 2008 to monitor and analyze...more

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