New OCR Rule Defines Telehealth, AI To Boost Equity Regs

The Biden administration’s final Affordable Care Act nondiscrimination rule clarifies acceptable practices within digital health services, including in the use of artificial intelligence algorithms and telehealth services, complementing action taken by several federal agencies to regulate digital health. The rule defines telehealth and updates language used to describe clinical algorithms to further inform nondiscrimination policies. The HHS Office for Civil Rights and CMS issued the long-awaited rule Friday (April 26 ), which falls under Section 1557 of the ACA, to...