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Tobacco Surcharge Lawsuits Spotlight Wellness Reg Compliance (PDF)
Ballard Spahr LLP
Oct. 28, 2024 "[U]nder Loper Bright, employers have greater freedom to question whether the HIPAA wellness regulations represent a reasonable interpretation of HIPAA's nondiscrimination regulations and may encourage judges to do the same.... [It] is not immediately clear that tobacco usage should be considered a health status, and we may see courts declining to defer to the agency's interpretation of health status.... [C]ourts may find that tobacco usage is a lifestyle choice -- not a health status -- and thus outside the reach of HIPAA's nondiscrimination protections." MORE >> |
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