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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News
From Health Affairs
Dear John,
In case you missed it: Authors Tara Lagu and Lisa I. Iezzoni, who
published important research with coauthors about physicians' bias and
general reluctance to care for people with disabilities
,
were featured in The New York Times
today about the implications of their findings.
Access For ASL Users
The Affordable Care Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act require
communication accessibility for people with disabilities in places of
public accommodation, including health care facilities.
Despite these regulations, Tyler James and coauthors find that a
significant number of mental health and substance use treatment
facilities
are not accessible to deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) patients.
They report that 41 percent of mental health facilities that accept
federal funding are noncompliant with requirements to provide sign
language interpretation, as are seventy-seven percent of mental health
entities that do not receive federal funds.
The authors recommend that policy makers engage DHH advocacy
organizations to redesign the Section 1557 grievance process and
implement a proactive approach to monitoring compliance with mental
health facilities.
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