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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 +

HHS Finalizes Health Care Nondiscrimination Provisions in Section 1557 Final Regulation

Baker Donelson on 5/13/2024

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the Secretary (collectively, HHS) released the agencies' Final Rule governing the implementation of Section 1557 of...more

HHS Issues Guidance to Pharmacies Regarding Access to Reproductive Health Care

King & Spalding on 8/1/2022

Following President Biden’s Executive Order on ensuring access to reproductive health care, on July 13, 2022, HHS issued guidance to U.S. retail pharmacies regarding their obligations under federal civil rights laws. This...more

Year-End Challenges and Opportunities: Congress Passes SECURE Act, Caddy Tax Repeal, and More

Groom Law Group, Chartered on 1/10/2020

On Thursday, December 19, the Senate passed two spending bills to fund the government through September 30, 2020, one of which (H.R. 1865, the “Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020” or the “Act”) contains 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

Health Update - December 2016

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 12/20/2016

Balancing Gene Therapy’s Promise and Price - Editor’s Note: Exciting advances in science have led to developing treatment breakthroughs, such as gene scripting therapies, that could represent the first potential cures...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

Hospitals, Physician Practices and Clinics are Reminded to Post New Non-Discrimination Notice

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law on 10/26/2016

Hospitals, physician practices and other health care providers that receive federal financial assistance, which includes receiving reimbursement from Medicare Parts A, C and D and/or Medicaid, are reminded to post new...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

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

HHS Issues Final Rule on ACA Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities

Franczek P.C. on 6/23/2016

On May 18, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued final regulations interpreting the nondiscrimination provisions of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). The rule mainly impacts insurers...more

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