CatchTheWind
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Are doctors' offices subject to the Affordable Care Act's new non-discrimination policy (the one that requires you to distribute a notice of nodiscrimination with taglines in least 15 languages to all your patients)?
I have heard from experts that it applies to all doctors' offices that accept Medicare. But HHS does state that “You may not be such a Covered Entity if you are a health care professional who accepts only Medicare Part B insurance payment." HHS also states, elsewhere, that the rule applies to "any health program or activity, any part of which receives funding from HHS (such as hospitals that accept Medicare or doctors who accept Medicaid)." Why only doctors who accept Medicaid? Why not doctors who accept Medicare?
If anyone help us wade through the confusing language, I would appreciate it!
I have heard from experts that it applies to all doctors' offices that accept Medicare. But HHS does state that “You may not be such a Covered Entity if you are a health care professional who accepts only Medicare Part B insurance payment." HHS also states, elsewhere, that the rule applies to "any health program or activity, any part of which receives funding from HHS (such as hospitals that accept Medicare or doctors who accept Medicaid)." Why only doctors who accept Medicaid? Why not doctors who accept Medicare?
If anyone help us wade through the confusing language, I would appreciate it!