CMS Proposes New Data Use To Prepare for Emergencies
CMS has proposed adding a new routine use of individual health information to eight federal databases to make it easier to identify medically vulnerable residents during an emergency, according to a Federal Register notice. CMS will accept public comments on the notice for 30 days after its publication on April 23.
- "CMS To Use Data To Find the Medically Vulnerable in an Emergency" (Goedert, Health Data Management, 4/22).