blog.aids.gov − Surgeon agrees to treat HIV-positive patients after losing federal funding

blog.aids.gov − Surgeon agrees to treat HIV-positive patients after losing federal funding

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Surgeon agrees to treat HIV-positive patients after losing federal funding

08/04/2014 04:54 PM EDT

A California surgeon has voluntarily entered into a Post-Termination Compliance Agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to restore his eligibility to receive federal funding from HHS. The surgeon’s funding was terminated after OCR and the HHS Departmental Appeals Board concluded that he intentionally discriminated against...