EEOC Sues St. Vincent Hospital for Disability Discrimination
Post Date: Mar 31, 2026
Federal lawsuit claims medical center refused to accommodate worker and then fired her because of her disability
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NIH Strategic Plan for Disability Health Research FY26-FY30.
Post Date: Mar 26, 2026
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is pleased to share the NIH Strategic Plan for Disability Health Research FY26-FY30.
This new plan provides a comprehensive roadmap to advance innovative, responsible research that promotes the health and well-being of Americans with disabilities.
Disability and Employment Policy: A Conversation with Lex Frieden
Post Date: Feb 1, 2026
Lex Frieden, the inaugural episode of the DEP RRTC, Let’s Get to Work, discusses his life journey as a pioneering disability rights advocate and national thought leader.
BBI Awarded $4.6M Grant to Lead Disability Employment Center
Post Date: Oct 3, 2025
Recognizing Syracuse University as a national leader in disability rights and policy, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) with a $4.6 million grant to support the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Employment Policy.
EEOC Sues Kroger for Firing Employee with Disability After Stripping Her Of Existing Accommodation
Post Date: Mar 30, 2026
Houston Division, operator of Kroger grocery store #300 in Houston’s Clear Lake/NASA area, violated federal employment law when it failed to accommodate and then fired an employee because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed last week.
Urologic Specialists of Oklahoma to Pay $90,000 in EEOC Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Post Date: Feb 20, 2026
Urologic Specialists of Oklahoma, Inc., a medical practice that operates five clinics employing two dozen physicians in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri, will pay $90,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy and disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
OT researchers awarded $4.5 million grant for community-engaged disability research
Post Date: Nov 12, 2025
Susan Magasi and Joy Hammel have been awarded a five-year, $4.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The grant will fund the ENGAGED: Disability Community Engaged Medical Rehabilitation Research Resource Center, a hub for community-engaged training, outreach and investigation into the social, economic, environmental and policy factors that affect the health of people with disabilities.
The United States Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Three National Health Insurance Companies and Three Brokers Alleging Unlawful Kickbacks and Discrimination Against Disabled Americans
Post Date: May 1, 2025
The United States filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against three of the largest health insurance companies. The United States alleges that from 2016 through at least 2021, the insurers paid hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks to the defendant brokers in exchange for enrollments into the insurers’ Medicare Advantage plans.
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