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New HHS Antidiscrimination Rule May Encourage Home Health Use

Published on Fri Sep 15, 2023

The Department of Health and Human Services is taking aim at discrimination in health care with a new proposed rule, and it could lead to more home care. The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a proposed rule, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance, which “prohibits discrimination on the basis [...]
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