Activity ID
2998Expires
May 19, 2025Format Type
InternetCME Credit
1Fee
$150CME Provider: Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO)
Description of CME Course
Claims by deaf and hard of hearing patients against their healthcare providers are increasingly common. These claims tend to allege that providers fail to provide in-person interpreters or that they delay treatment or refuse to accept deaf or hard of hearing patients. All of these claims are violations under several longstanding disability civil rights laws. Yet, not all providers know about their obligations to deaf patients, and the wrong assessment is likely discriminatory under disability civil rights laws.
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Educational Objectives
1. Explain the legal obligations providers have under the Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the ADA, and PPACA towards deaf and hard of hearing patients.
2. Create or revise policies and procedure to comply with the provider’s legal obligations under the disability civil rights laws.
3. Incorporate Deaf culture sensitivity and deaf etiquette in all interactions with deaf and hard of hearing patients.
Keywords
ADA Regulations, Deaf, Hard of Hearing, interpreter services
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Medical Knowledge, Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Practice-based Learning & Improvement, Professionalism, Systems-based Practice
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Inpatient, Outpatient, Rural, Urban
