MedPage Today August 15, 2022
Joyce Frieden

— Includes Medicare Part B providers for first time

WASHINGTON — What has 308 pages and discusses everything from pregnancy to Medicare Part B? It’s the proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implementing the non-discrimination parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

The proposed rule, which was published August 4 in the Federal Register, implements Section 1557 of the ACA, which addresses non-discrimination in healthcare. The Biden administration has interpreted that section of the act very expansively, which means that the rule would cover a wider range of healthcare providers than it did under previous administrations, said Katie Keith, JD, MPH, director of the Health Policy and the Law Initiative at the Georgetown University Law...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), Equity/SDOH, Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, HHS, Insurance, Medicare, Patient / Consumer, Provider
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