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Ensure Accommodations Are in Place for Deaf Patients

Published on Tue Apr 04, 2023

A recent settlement highlights provider’s failure to help patient. If you don’t have policies in place to assist your deaf or hard-of-hearing patients, you should. A recent case reminds providers that the responsibility of offering interpretation services and aides to patients lies with them — and you could find yourself in hot water for ignoring the federal regs. Why? For [...]
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