Becker's Healthcare May 1, 2024
HHS finalized a rule May 1 that updates protections against disability discrimination in healthcare.
Five things healthcare leaders should know:
1. The rule, titled “Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Health and Human Service Programs or Activities,” is designed to advance equity and increase protections for people with disabilities under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, according to HHS. This section prohibits disability discrimination in programs and activities that receive funding from HHS.
2. Under the final rule, medical treatment decisions cannot be based on “negative biases or stereotypes about individuals with disabilities, judgments that an individual with a disability will be a burden on others, or dehumanizing beliefs that the life of an individual with a disability has...
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