tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2013 Issue 24

Compliance: How To Set Up a Useful Code-of-Conduct Policy

There’s more to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) than making health insurance accessible to most Americans. Are you up to speed on the various compliance requirements? A recent bulletin issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) highlights one of these aspects — enforcement of “Section 1557” of the ACA. “Section 1557 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity), disability, or age in certain health programs and activities. Of particular note, Section 1557 is the first federal civil rights law to...

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