News & Analysis as of September 22, 2024

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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 +

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

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/21/2024

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

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

BakerHostetler on 8/8/2022

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

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

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 6/14/2019

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

Concierge Medicine – Is it for you?

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 7/11/2017

According to the 2016 Kaiser/HERT Employer Health Benefits Survey, the average annual premium for employer-sponsored family health insurance coverage in 2016 was $18,142 – representing a 20% increase since 2011 and a 58%...more

Health-Related Facilities That Receive Federal Financial Assistance Now Required to Post Non-Discrimination Notices

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 11/10/2016

Health-related facilities that receive Federal financial assistance (e.g., Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement) have been required to comply with Federal, as well as State, non-discrimination laws in the provision of services....more

New Nondiscrimination Rules Impact Health Care Providers and Health Plans

Williams Mullen on 9/26/2016

Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) finalized regulations under Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”). Section 1557 prohibits certain “covered entities”...more

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

Poyner Spruill LLP on 9/16/2016

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

HHS Final Rule Extends Anti-Discrimination Protection to Transgender Patients

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/5/2016

This past May, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin,...more

States Take Aim At Health Insurance Providers Fee In New Litigation

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/3/2015

Three states—Kansas, Louisiana and Texas—filed a complaint in federal court on October 22, 2015 challenging the constitutionality and legality of the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance providers fee. The health...more

HRSA Issues 340B Program Omnibus Guidance

K&L Gates LLP on 9/8/2015

On August 28, 2015, the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) published proposed Omnibus Guidance (the “Proposed Guidance”) governing policies related to section 340B of the Public Health Service Act (“PHSA”),...more

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