Mealey's (November 2, 2017, 1:38 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A state entity can be held liable for a private entity’s alleged failure to provide a deaf woman with necessary communication services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) based on the alleged contract between the two, a federal judge in Louisiana held Oct. 31 (Hope Huffman v. University Medical Center Management Corp., et al., No. 17-4480, E.D. La., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 180999)....