Politico January 17, 2025
THE REGULATORS
As the Trump presidency looms, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights is trying to reinforce its anti-discrimination rules on artificial intelligence.
The office sent a missive last week that included a reminder for the health care industry: AI products they use can’t discriminate against certain patients. The office also offered suggestions for how to comply with OCR’s regulations.
In a final rule last year, HHS reinstated antidiscrimination protections that the Trump administration removed in 2020. Those protections prohibit discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age and disability. Health systems must also ensure their telehealth technologies, in addition to AI products, don’t result in discriminatory care.
The rule requires providers to take...
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