Is the HHS §1557 patient-care-decision-support-tools rule still in effect in 2026?
The 2024 §1557 rule includes a provision (effective 2025) barring discrimination through patient-care decision-support tools, requiring covered entities to make reasonable efforts to identify and mitigate discrimination risk from such tools — and that…
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The 2024 §1557 rule includes a provision (effective 2025) barring discrimination through patient-care decision-support tools, requiring covered entities to make reasonable efforts to identify and mitigate discrimination risk from such tools — and that provision is the operative one for AI. Parts of the broader rule have faced litigation, so confirm current status for your situation, but the decision-support-tool nondiscrimination duty is what governs clinical AI. Planisphere supplies cohort-comparison evidence to support the mitigation effort; it does not provide legal advice on the rule's status.
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ACA non-discrimination in patient-care AI.
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