TRICARE Hospitals Would Dodge Bias Audits Under DOL Proposal (1)

Medical facilities that serve participants in the Defense Department’s health-care program would be exempt from workplace discrimination audits under a Labor Department proposed rule.

The proposal, announced Nov. 5 in the Federal Register, would reverse the agency’s position that it has authority over TRICARE health-care facilities. The DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs took that stance in years-long litigation against a Florida hospital that sparked debate in Congress, and eventually ended in an Obama-era audit “moratorium” for those medical providers.

“The proposed rule is intended to increase access to care for uniformed service members and veterans ...