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Michigan Hospital Agrees to Resolve Complaint Allegations of Violating ADA

Healthcare Compliance Blog

Attorney’s Office has resolved its investigation of allegations that a Michigan hospital and its affiliated medical facility violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by denying patients with disabilities from bringing their service animals into their facilities.

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A Patient’s Right to Masked Health Care Providers

Bill of Health

The Legal Right to Masked Health Care Providers Both the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) bar covered health care facilities and providers from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in the provision of benefits and services.

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Georgia Hospital and DOJ reach Agreement in ADA Complaint

Healthcare Compliance Blog

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and a Georgia hospital reached an agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The hospital will modify its policies and practices, train its staff on the ADA and the terms of the agreement, and will periodically submit reports about its compliance with the agreement.

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HHS Aims to Strengthen Anti-Discrimination Rules for Disabled Patients in New Proposed Rule

C&M Health Law

Section 504 covers all health care and human services programs and activities funded by HHS, from providers, like hospitals and doctors that accept Medicare or Medicare, to state child welfare programs, as well as Medicare Advantage Plans, and Medicaid Managed Care Plans. Comments may be submitted until November 13, 2023.

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Symposium Introduction: Addressing Technoableism: Reforming Infrastructure and Disability Representation

Bill of Health

Representation, in so many modes, plays a huge role in how we get sorted and understood — how we are read by therapists, by doctors, by researchers, by gamers, and by the world more generally. These representations shape our lives.

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Clinical Reasoning Tool Proves Better Than Symptom Checkers, Study Shows

HIT Consultant

Out of eight symptom-checkers—K Health, Babylon, ADA, Buoy, Kahun, Mediktor, Symptomae, and Your.MD. Out of eight symptom-checkers—K Health, Babylon, ADA, Buoy, Kahun, Mediktor, Symptomae, and Your.MD—Kahun Kahun demonstrated the best overall performance in finding the most pertinent insights in a simulated patient conversation.

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The Cost of Prescription Drugs, Doctors and Patient Access – A View from HIMSS19

Health Populi

Most patient visits to doctors result in a prescription written for a medicine that people retrieve from a pharmacy, whether retail in the local community or via mail order for a maintenance drug. The vast majority of doctors polled by OptimizeRx say they have a role to play in discussing health care costs with patients.

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