Tech Exactly Launches Healthcare App Accessibility Service Ahead Of HHS Section 504 Deadline

(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Healthcare providers that receive HHS funding must make their websites and mobile apps meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA by May 2027, including patient apps they offer through vendors.

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif., Nov. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tech Exactly, a healthcare and generative AI software development company serving US digital health startups and SMBs, today announced the launch of its Healthcare App Accessibility Service. The service helps healthcare providers and the digital health companies that support them test and fix websites, patient portals, and mobile apps to meet the accessibility standard required by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Under the HHS rule implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, organizations that receive HHS financial assistance, including through Medicare Parts A, C and D, Medicaid and CHIP, must make their web content and mobile apps conform to WCAG 2.1 Level AA. The compliance date is currently May 11, 2027 for organizations with 15 or more employees and May 10, 2028 for smaller ones, after HHS extended both dates by one year in May 2026.

The rule also covers web content and apps that a provider offers "through contractual, licensing, or other arrangements." That can include a scheduling app, telehealth platform or patient portal the provider makes available through a vendor. An unlabeled button or a form that does not work with a screen reader can prevent a patient from booking an appointment or completing intake.

Tech Exactly's Healthcare App Accessibility Service covers:

• Accessibility audits of websites, patient portals and iOS and Android apps against WCAG 2.1 Level AA, using automated and manual testing
• Remediation for products where Tech Exactly can access and change the code, including labels, contrast, keyboard and screen-reader navigation, forms, captions and documents
• Third-party app review to document accessibility issues providers can take to their software vendors
• Accessible-by-default development of new healthcare apps
• Accessibility conformance reports that organizations can keep on file
  

The service sits alongside Tech Exactly's HIPAA-Compliant Development Service, launched in May 2026, and draws on the company's work building HIPAA-compliant applications across telemedicine, behavioral health, remote patient monitoring and medical device software.

"If a patient can't get past an unlabeled button, they can't book an appointment, and the provider is responsible for that whether its own team built the app or a vendor did. The HHS rule now gives providers a date to work toward. Our audits start with the tasks patients need to finish, like booking an appointment or completing intake, and then we fix what we can change and document the rest for the vendor," said Hitesh Agarwal, Founder of Tech Exactly.

About Tech Exactly

Tech Exactly is a software development company specializing in healthcare and generative AI applications, including HIPAA-compliant healthcare software. Founded by Hitesh Agarwal, the company partners with healthcare startups and SMBs across the United States. Learn more at techexactly.com.

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