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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 +
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Ounce of Prevention: Are You Providing Free Translators for Individuals with Limited English Proficiency?

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Applicable Provider Types: All - Is Your Entity in Compliance? Recent regulatory language makes clear that most healthcare providers must provide free translators or interpreters for patients with limited English...more

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Broadened Non-Discrimination Mandates Imposed on Medical Providers – How to Comply

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The Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law in 2010, contained a provision (commonly referred to as Section 1557) prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in...more

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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 Regulations on Section 1557: Implications for Health Plans

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The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued final regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which will restore and expand the scope of civil rights...more

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The Impact of the ACA 1557 Final Regulations on Gender-Affirming Care

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Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, or any combination thereof, in a health program or activity, any part of which is...more

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Back to the Future: HHS Publishes ACA Section 1557 Nondiscrimination Final Rule Similar to 2016-Era Regulations

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On May 6, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published the long-awaited Nondiscrimination in Health Programs...more

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The ACA 1557 Final Regulations: Plans and Plan Sponsors as Covered Entities

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In a recent On the Subject (available here), we reported on the impact of the final rule (final rule) interpreting Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on self-funded group health plans that contract with licensed...more

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

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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

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Eight Healthcare Provider Requirements From Updated Section 1557 Nondiscrimination Rule

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On May 6, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published their final rule on nondiscrimination in the Federal Register...more

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DHHS Bolsters Non-Discrimination Protections for Recipients of Covered Health Care Services and Activities

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In a Final Rule issued on May 6, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) finalized regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“Section 1557”). The Final Rule updates and...more

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340B Program Administrative Dispute Resolution Final Rule: Key Takeaways

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On April 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a new Final Rule for its oft-criticized 340B Administrative Dispute Resolution (ADR)...more

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New ADR Rule to Govern Disputes Between 340B Covered Entities and Drug Manufacturers

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Disputes between 340B Drug Pricing Program-covered entities and the drug manufacturers required to sell outpatient drugs to those entities at discounted prices will be governed by an alternative dispute resolution (ADR)...more

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How to Comply with HHS' New Nondiscrimination Compliance Infrastructure Requirements in Your Facility

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Office of the Secretary (collectively, HHS) released on May 6, 2024, the agencies' Final Rule governing the implementation of...more

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Updates to Statute 1557 that Healthcare Providers Need to Know

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Joining host Ericka Adler on the first #HealthlawHotSpot of 2024 is fellow Roetzel healthcare attorney Christina Kuta. Ericka and Christina will break down statute 1557 that prohibits discrimination from healthcare providers...more

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Providers Must Offer Effective Communication for Hearing-Impaired or Face ‘Robust Enforcement’

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The U.S. government entered into two recent settlements with healthcare providers who allegedly denied deaf and hearing-impaired patients or their caregivers auxiliary aids for effective communication. These settlements...more

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HHS Proposes Rule Strengthening Section 1557 Protections Against Nondiscrimination in Health Activities

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​​​​​​​On Aug. 4, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its proposed rule, Nondiscrimination in Health Care and Activities (Proposed Rule), to revise its regulations pertaining to Section 1557 of the...more

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Section 1557 Protects Transgender Patients – Again

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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

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Health Resources and Services Administration Enjoined from Implementing the 340B Dispute Resolution Rule

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US District Court for Southern District of Indiana granted plaintiffs Eli Lilly and Company and Lilly USA a preliminary injunction barring HRSA from implementing the final Administrative Dispute Resolution rule that was to...more

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

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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

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Summary of Key Changes to Rules Implementing ACA Nondiscrimination Provisions

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On June 19, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released its final rule (the “Final Rule”) revising its enforcement of Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). In this...more

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HHS Issues Final Rule on Section 1557

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Under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (Section 1557), "covered entities," which were defined as health programs or activities that receive "federal funding" from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more

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HHS Proposes to Narrow Scope of Nondiscrimination Regulations under Affordable Care Act

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently proposed regulations that scale back nondiscrimination protections under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The new regulations, proposed on May 24,...more

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HHS Proposes Eliminating Mandatory Notices, Gender Identity Protections From Nondiscrimination Rules

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On May 24, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights issued a proposed rule reversing certain provisions of its 2016 rule prohibiting certain forms of discrimination under Section 1557 of the...more

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HRSA to Enforce 340B Program Oversight of Drug Manufacturers Next Year and Share 340B Ceiling Prices with Covered Entities

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Two recent announcements by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) highlight the agency's plans for increased oversight in the next year of drug manufacturers under the 340B drug pricing program and...more

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ACA’s Nondiscrimination Taglines and Notices Require Updating Your Notice of Privacy Practices

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There has been confusion as to whether the Affordable Care Act’s nondiscrimination provision (“ACA”) affects a covered entity’s notice of privacy practices (“NPP”) or data breach notifications. OCR has issued guidance...more

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