How do I audit a clinical algorithm for §1557 nondiscrimination?

Section 1557 requires reasonable efforts to identify and mitigate the risk that a decision-support tool discriminates on a protected basis, which in practice means measuring performance across protected cohorts and documenting the mitigation steps taken.…

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Healthcare regulation · HHS §1557.

Section 1557 requires reasonable efforts to identify and mitigate the risk that a decision-support tool discriminates on a protected basis, which in practice means measuring performance across protected cohorts and documenting the mitigation steps taken. Reproducible, comparable measurement across groups is the core evidence. Planisphere measures model behaviour across cohorts and emits a sha-pinned record of it; it surfaces disparity for your mitigation, it does not certify nondiscrimination or render a legal conclusion.

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HHS §1557 can require evidence around clinical workflows, ePHI boundaries, change control, or patient-impacting decision…

ACA non-discrimination in patient-care AI.

→ Full reference for HHS §1557

Prepare evidence for HHS §1557 review.

First evidence record within 21 days of access · re-runs in a single business day. Planisphere measures model behaviour and emits a reproducible, sha-pinned record — it does not certify, file, or give legal advice.