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  • Affordable Care Act

    HHS’ Proposed Anti-Discrimination Regulations: Protective But Not Protective Enough

    By Elizabeth Guo Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) released a proposed rule implementing section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Section 1557 applies the…

    HHS’ Proposed Anti-Discrimination Regulations: Protective But Not Protective Enough

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  • Health Law Policy

    Medicare Coverage for Sex Change Surgery: How We Got Here

    As mentioned in co-blogger Matthew Lawrence‘s prior posts (here) and (here), Medicare’s Departmental Appeals Board (DAB) recently vacated a decades-old National Coverage Determination (NCD) precluding coverage for sex change therapy.  That opens the door for Medicare coverage…

    Medicare Coverage for Sex Change Surgery: How We Got Here

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  • Elizabeth Guo

    Is Medicare’s System for Challenging Coverage Determinations Unintentionally Unfair?

    On March 25, Susan Jaffe published a blog post in the New York Times about Medicare’s recent change to cover skilled therapy (e.g. physical therapy, nursing care) where it is “reasonable and necessary” maintain a…

    Is Medicare’s System for Challenging Coverage Determinations Unintentionally Unfair?

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