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.

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Start with the free sandbox. Planisphere measures model behaviour and emits a reproducible, sha-pinned record — it does not certify, file, or give legal advice.

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When HHS §1557 asks for proof, hand over records — not assurances.

record the duty · seal the receipt · verify offline

Planisphere records each duty event — an output marked, a disclosure shown, a review made — and seals it into a receipt that verifies offline against our published keys. You send hashes, never content. A record is evidence a third party can check; it is not a certification and not a legal determination.

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