Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Compliance:

Beware of Potential New Discrimination Protections Based on Sex

Proposed rule would allow patients to sue you under Section 1557. When Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, Section 1557 of the law provided a plethora of new protections for healthcare consumers, in particular protections covering sex- and gender identity-related discrimination. And now the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is poised [...]
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