HHS Section 1557 Final Rule: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities

Course overview

Beginning November 2024, a covered entitys obligations under the Affordable Care Acts nondiscrimination provisions have expanded, per recently published regulations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Join us for this 60-minute webinar to learn whether the nondiscrimination provisions of the Affordable Care Act (known as Section 1557) apply to your agency and what steps your agency must take to comply with these new regulatory requirements. Topics to be covered include conduct prohibited by Section 1557, types of health care services and provider types governed by Section 1557, and requirements of the new Section 1557 regulations such as policies and procedures, notices, multi-lingual documentation, appointment of a Section 1557 grievance coordinator, and staff training. The speakers also will discuss the status of lawsuits that have enjoined certain provisions of the new Section 1557 regulations pertaining to discrimination on the account of a patient or clients sexual orientation.