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Section 1557 is an antidiscrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act which offers significant legal, language access-related protections to individuals with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and individuals with disabilities. On May 6, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a final rule that will have sweeping implications for health care organizations that accept federal funds. The Final Rule was effective as of July 5, 2024.
Significant changes to Section 1557 were made during the Obama, Trump and Biden Administrations. As the new Trump Administration takes office, many people are wondering what will become of the new 1557 regulations.
Chief Medical Officers, Chief Nursing Officers, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officers, Chief Quality and Safety Officers, Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Officers, Language Access Directors
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
David B. Hunt, J.D., is the Senior Director for Health Equity at BCT Partners, a national, minority-owned, management consulting and training organization specializing in DEI in healthcare. David is a national expert on the law of language access and has delivered national webinars on this topic for the ABA, the AHA and the former In Demand Interpreting. He regularly conducts language access audits for leading hospitals systems and has created some of the nation’s first CME accredited e-learning programs on cultural competence in healthcare, the law of language access and global medicine. The AHA selected Mr. Hunt as its national consultant to the #123forEquity Campaign, the leading campaign to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in American hospitals. His consulting clients have included leading hospital systems, The Joint Commission and the National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare. In 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health selected BCT Partners to manage and create new educational content for its Think Cultural Health website which provides nearly 400,000 CEU’s annually. See: Home – Think Cultural Health (hhs.gov)
About BCT Partners: BCT Partners is a national, multi-disciplinary consulting firm that delivers a full range of research, consulting, training, technology, and analytics services. BCT’s mission is to harness the power of diversity, insights, and innovation to transform lives, accelerate equity, and create lasting change. BCT has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms, by Manage HR Magazine as a Top 10 Firm for Diversity & Inclusion and by the Black Enterprise BE 100 list as one of the nation’s largest African American-owned businesses.
Ludmila Golovine, President & CEO, MasterWord
Ludmila Golovine is the President and CEO of MasterWord, a top ranked LSP globally. Dedicating over 30 years to the language industry, Ludmila is one of the founding members of the Interpreting SAFE-AI Task Force, an industry-wide initiative working to establish disseminate, and promote guidance and best practices for the safe and accountable adoption of AI in interpreting. Ludmila also serves as the Strategic Partnerships Manager for Global Community Programs of Women in Localization, is a founding member of the Global Coalition of Language Rights, and chairs the Advisory Subcommittee for the Translation and Interpretation Program at the Houston Community College. Her work has been recognized by numerous awards, including the California Healthcare Interpreting Association (CHIA) Trainer of the Year Award 2021, Congressional Recognition G7 “Excellence in International Service” award, and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Gulf Coast Area regional winner (2023).
About MasterWord: MasterWord, a top provider of in-person and remote interpreting and translation globally, enhances patient-centered care by delivering exceptional language access across 350+ languages, including American Sign Language and rare and indigenous languages. A trauma-informed organization with three decades of experience, MasterWord partners with health care systems, hospitals, and providers for sensitive, confidential, and time-critical language services, compliant with HIPAA, ACA Section 1557, ADA, CLAS, and Title VI. For more information, please visit: www.masterword.com.
