Medicaid/CHIP Data Collection: Standardizing Information on Social Determinants of Health.
This Act mandates states to collect standardized data on social factors affecting the health (e.g., housing, economic status) of Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries. The goal is to better understand how living conditions impact health outcomes, aiding future healthcare planning. The legislation emphasizes strict adherence to privacy and anonymity rules for the collected information.
Key points
Requires healthcare providers serving Medicaid/CHIP beneficiaries to conduct standardized screenings for social needs (like housing or food insecurity).
A new national system will be developed to uniformly collect and aggregate this data to analyze health trends across populations.
The law explicitly requires guidance to ensure beneficiary informed consent, privacy, and anonymity when collecting sensitive social information.
Expired
Citizen Poll