Same-day surgery centers would no longer have to report staff COVID-19 vaccine status to Medicare. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would have 45 days to remove that rule.
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Protecting Healthcare Employee Privacy Act is a House bill in Congress.
Who this affects: This bill mainly affects ambulatory surgical centers, their health care workers, and Medicare oversight officials. Surgery centers would stop sending this COVID-19 vaccine-status report to Medicare. Workers may have less of this personal health information reported for a federal rule. Medicare officials would lose this specific data source for these facilities.
Why this matters: This bill matters because it would change what staff health information same-day surgery centers must report to the federal government. It could reduce paperwork for these centers and give workers more privacy around COVID-19 vaccine status. It could also reduce data that some people use to watch patient and worker safety. The bill does not explain how the change would affect infection control or outbreak response.
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Officially: Protecting Healthcare Employee Privacy Act
Same-day surgery centers would no longer have to report staff COVID-19 vaccine status to Medicare. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would have 45 days to remove that rule.
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This page gives you an opportunity to support, oppose, or ask for changes to Protecting Healthcare Employee Privacy Act, then contact the elected officials who can act. Modern Action drafts the message from your position and the reasons you select.
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