Category Archives: HHS

NDY Files Public Comment On Federal Healthcare Interim Final Rule In Response To COVID

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NDY is grateful to disability rights attorney Kathryn Carroll for her assistance in filing a public comment on the [CMS-9912-IFC] Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Interim Final Rule: Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. Excerpts are below and, to read the whole comment, go here. January 4, 2021 … Continue reading NDY Files Public Comment On Federal Healthcare Interim Final Rule In Response To COVID →

New OCR Settlement On COVID-19 Triage Criteria Increases Disability Protections

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On June 26, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights issued a press release entitled “OCR Resolves Complaint with Tennessee After it Revises its Triage Plans to Protect Against Disability Discrimination.” A number of state and national disability groups had complained that Tennessee’s crisis standards of care (CSC) “would unlawfully … Continue reading New OCR Settlement On COVID-19 Triage Criteria Increases Disability Protections →

NDY Files Comment Against Proposed CMS Rule Changes That Would Put More People In Nursing “Homes”

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Thanks to the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies for alerting disability advocates to proposed federal rule changes that would make it easier to put disabled people of all ages into nursing “homes” and other facilities, as well as make it harder for them to move back out to the community. The deadline for comments is … Continue reading NDY Files Comment Against Proposed CMS Rule Changes That Would Put More People In Nursing “Homes” →

As the Threat of Triage Grows, Disability Rights Advocacy Is Needed More Than Ever

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On Friday, April 3rd, six leading disability rights attorneys and their respective organizations issued a statement entitled Applying HHS’s Guidance for States and Health Care Providers on Avoiding Disability-Based Discrimination in Treatment Rationing. The statement, which helps to interpret the federal bulletin issued a week earlier, was joined by over 90 organizations, including NDY. One … Continue reading As the Threat of Triage Grows, Disability Rights Advocacy Is Needed More Than Ever →

Carrie Ann Lucas & Bill Peace Insurance Denials Inspire NDY Comment On Section 1557

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The Trump administration has proposed changes to rules against disability discrimination by healthcare providers and insurers under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. While the current rules did not effectively protect Carrie Ann Lucas or Bill Peace, gutting those rules would only rob people with disabilities and others of a legal “leg to stand … Continue reading Carrie Ann Lucas & Bill Peace Insurance Denials Inspire NDY Comment On Section 1557 →