Oops — I missed this story last week. Howard Anderson reports:
The launch of a national database of certain healthcare claims data, which was slated for Monday, has been delayed in the wake of strong concerns voiced by privacy advocates.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s claims database proposal, announced Oct. 5, lacks sufficient privacy policy details and security provisions, consumer groups argued.
The office has announced it is considering revising its plans to “provide greater specificity regarding the authorities for maintaining the system, clarify its intent to significantly limit the circumstances under which personally identifiable records may be released and provide a more detailed explanation of how the records in this system will be protected.”
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