Inova Home Health, LLC (IHH), which is owned in part and managed by Alternate Solutions Health Network, LLC (ASHN), provides home healthcare coordination services to patients at the Inova Health System in northern Virginia, including through the services of their Post-Acute Care Coordinators (PACCs). IHH and ASHN violated civil rights laws by paying female PACCs less than male PACCs the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit it filed. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, female PACCs were paid less than male coworkers for performing equal work under similar working conditions. Female PACCs, who were excellent workers with no performance issues, were paid less than their newly hired male counterparts despite having more job-related experience in the healthcare field and more seniority in the PACC position. ASHN and IHH also refused to adjust female PACCs’ wages after receiving a complaint of pay discrimination.
