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HHS Issues New Rule to Strengthen Nondiscrimination Protections …

(Just Now) WebDownload the News Release Download the News Release - Word. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule under Section 1557 …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/04/26/hhs-issues-new-rule-strengthen-nondiscrimination-protections-advance-civil-rights-health-care.html

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Eliminating Racism In Health Care Before And After The - Health …

(Just Now) WebJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson began her dissent from last week’s Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision by acknowledging, “Gulf-sized race-based gaps exist …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/eliminating-racism-health-care-before-and-after-supreme-court-s-affirmative-action

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Patient-Reported Experiences of Discrimination in the US Health …

(3 days ago) WebOverall, 916 respondents (43.3%) reported being in good health. Just over one-fifth of respondents (458 [21.4%]; SE, 0.009) reported that they had experienced …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7739133/

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Supreme Court Hears Major Health Care Civil Rights Case

(Just Now) WebTwo major health care rights cases made it to the Supreme Court this year. In the first, Cummings v.Premier Rehab Keller, the Court will decide whether victims of …

https://oneill.law.georgetown.edu/supreme-court-hears-major-health-care-civil-rights-case/

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Why Racial Inequities Still Persist in Health Care - The New York …

(7 days ago) WebHealth care spending for Black individuals is $7,361 per year, and a smaller proportion of the funds are spent on outpatient care. Cases of trisomy 18 may rise as …

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/health/racial-disparities-health-care.html

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Report examines racial and ethnic disparities in health, health care

(6 days ago) WebRacial and ethnic health disparities persist across the United States, even in states with otherwise high-performing health systems, according to the latest …

https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2024-04-18-report-examines-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-health-health-care-access

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Advancing Racial Equity in U.S. Health Care: State Disparities

(6 days ago) WebStudies show as well that many people of color contend with interpersonal racism and discrimination in health care settings and more often receive worse …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2024/apr/advancing-racial-equity-us-health-care

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Supreme Court Takes Up Health Benefits Discrimination Case

(9 days ago) WebDoe (Case Number 20-1374), involves patients who say that a health plan’s prescription benefits rules discriminate against enrollees with disabilities. The court plans …

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2021/11/10/supreme-court-takes-up-health-benefits-discrimination-case/

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Addressing Racial Discrimination in US Health Care Today

(Just Now) WebIt is important to examine patients’ recent experiences with health care from their own perspectives. We report experiences of discrimination based on a national …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2777406

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Supreme Court Slashes Remedies for Victims of Health Care …

(7 days ago) WebOn April 28, the Supreme Court issued a decision in a disability rights case that will foreclose meaningful financial compensation for individuals who face all forms of …

https://oneill.law.georgetown.edu/supreme-court-slashes-remedies-for-victims-of-health-care-discrimination/

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Revealing Disparities: Health Workers Observations Discrimination

(2 days ago) WebAbstract. Issue: Discrimination against patients in health care settings on the basis of race, ethnicity, or language can negatively impact quality of care and health …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/feb/revealing-disparities-health-care-workers-observations

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Racism and discrimination in health care: Providers and patients

(2 days ago) WebThe Health Care Institution, Population Health and Black Lives. Journal of the National Medical Association, May 2016. Sreshta, Nina, et al. The Social Justice …

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/racism-discrimination-health-care-providers-patients-2017011611015

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Jury Awards $41M in Discrimination, Wrongful Termination Case

(1 days ago) WebAnurse recently won a $41 million jury verdict in her discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente, a health care provider based in …

https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/jury-awards--41m-in-discrimination--wrongful-termination-case

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Civil Rights & Health Equity - National Health Law Program

(9 days ago) WebPervasive Inequality in the Health Care System Sustains Discrimination and Poor Health Outcomes Civil Rights. and in more recent cases, on the basis of disability; Filing …

https://healthlaw.org/our-work/policy/civil-rights-and-health-equity/

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LGBTQ Health-Care Bias Shield Clears White House Review (1)

(9 days ago) WebIan Lopez. Senior Reporter. A long-awaited rule protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination in health care has cleared review by the White House and could be …

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/lgbtq-health-care-bias-shield-clears-white-house-review

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Racism in healthcare: Statistics and examples - Medical News Today

(2 days ago) WebRacial discrimination permeates the healthcare systems of many countries, including the United States. This has negative consequences for both patients …

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/racism-in-healthcare

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Hackensack University Medical Center sued over age discrimination

(2 days ago) WebNorthJersey.com. 0:00. 8:25. Three pediatric emergency room physicians at Hackensack University Medical Center, all in their 50s, have filed suit against the hospital …

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/health/2021/11/01/hackensack-university-medical-center-age-discrimination-lawsuit/6225322001/

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Myers v. Hope Healthcare Center LLC - American Civil Liberties …

(1 days ago) WebSummary. Asia Myers works as a certified nursing assistant at Hope Healthcare Center, a long-term care facility where she assists residents. Early in her …

https://www.aclu.org/cases/myers-v-hope-healthcare-center-llc

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Select List of Resolved Cases Involving Mental Health Conditions …

(1 days ago) WebKaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc., a managed health care provider (part of Kaiser Permanente organization) agreed to pay $130,000 to settle this ADA lawsuit in …

https://www.eeoc.gov/select-list-resolved-cases-involving-mental-health-conditions-under-ada-may-2022

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CVS loses latest bid to escape HIV patients' discrimination lawsuit

(6 days ago) WebFollow. April 19 (Reuters) - CVS Health (CVS.N) has lost a bid to escape a proposed class action lawsuit accusing the company of discriminating against people with HIV by …

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/cvs-loses-latest-bid-escape-hiv-patients-discrimination-lawsuit-2024-04-19/

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Patient Discrimination during a Health Care Encounter

(Just Now) WebA new paper published this week in JAMA Network Open looks at patient experiences of discrimination in the US health system. Paige Nong, a PhD student in …

https://sph.umich.edu/news/2020posts/study-finds-twenty-one-percent-of-patients-experienced-discrimination-during-health-care-encounter.html

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Former OHSU doctor wins $4 million jury verdict against OHSU in …

(5 days ago) WebA federal jury Friday awarded a specialized cardiologist $4 million in damages against Oregon Health and Science University and $50,000 in punitive damages against her …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/former-ohsu-doctor-wins-4-million-jury-verdict-against-ohsu-in-sex-discrimination-case/ar-AA1nKexT

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Employee and Patient Discrimination in Healthcare - National Law …

(1 days ago) WebThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — the federal agency that enforces laws against discrimination by certain health care providers …

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/health-care-providers-it-s-not-just-employee-discrimination-claims-patients-can-have

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Why does implicit bias matter in health care? - The Conversation

(2 days ago) WebIn March 2024, four U.S. senators led a resolution calling out the “implicit racial and ethnic biases within the health care system, which have an explicit impact on the …

https://theconversation.com/do-implicit-bias-trainings-on-race-improve-health-care-not-yet-but-incorporating-the-latest-science-can-help-hospitals-treat-all-patients-equitably-226289

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Civil Rights and COVID-19: Frequently Asked Questions

(1 days ago) WebThe LAD prohibits discrimination and harassment based on actual or perceived race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, …

https://www.hcdnnj.org/assets/documents/covid%20virus%20crisis%20-%20div.%20on%20civ%20rts%20faqs.pdf

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Health Care Discrimination - FindLaw

(2 days ago) WebHealthcare discrimination is negative action towards, or lack of consideration of, a person or group in a protected category. Federal laws protect people …

https://www.findlaw.com/civilrights/discrimination/health-care-discrimination.html

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Health Care Supreme Court Cases

(3 days ago) WebThe Supreme Court also has addressed health care issues in areas as diverse as antitrust laws, drug safety, and religious freedom. Some health care cases implicate the doctrine …

https://supreme.justia.com/cases-by-topic/healthcare/

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5 big medical court cases that made a difference this year

(Just Now) WebA jury recently awarded $22,246 in economic damages and $9.25 million in past and future noneconomic damages to a plaintiff who tried this approach, with the …

https://www.ama-assn.org/health-care-advocacy/judicial-advocacy/5-big-medical-court-cases-made-difference-year

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State of New Jersey

(4 days ago) WebMedia Inquiries-. Lee Moore. 609-292-4791. Citizen Inquiries-. 609-984-5828. NJ Division on Civil Rights Pursues Case of Alleged Denial of Family Leave and …

https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases20/pr20200820a.html

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World Malaria Day 2024: ‘Accelerating the fight against malaria for …

(5 days ago) WebOn this World Malaria Day 2024, we unite under the theme "Accelerating the fight against malaria for a more equitable world." This theme, which is in sync with this …

https://www.who.int/southeastasia/news/detail/24-04-2024-world-malaria-day-2024-accelerating-the-fight-against-malaria-for-a-more-equitable-world

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