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News
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Healthcare Data Case The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case next term on whether a self-funded insurer should have to turn over certain information to the state of Vermont?a case that could have far-reaching implications.
Mapping Where Electricity Helps Patients The Department of Health and Human Services has released a mapping tool called the emPOWER Map that visualizes the varying concentrations of Medicare patients with electricity-dependent medical devices. For patients that rely on ventilators, motorized wheelchairs, and other powered medical devices, a power outage could pose a substantial health risk. With this tool, emergency responders and community organizations can identify these populations by each zip code, to better plan for and respond to power outages. The visualization also displays weather alerts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for each zip code to warn users about weather conditions that could lead to a lapse in electricity.
New & Updated Data Sources
Consumers? Problems with Financial Companies The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has accepted consumer complaints about the financial marketplace since July 2011. Since March 2015, CFPB has allowed consumers to volunteer to share their stories when they submit complaints about financial products ranging from student loans to mortgages. Over half of all consumers submitting complaints have opted to share their stories, and now CFPB has removed personal information from these narratives and made them publicly available.
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Calls for Comment
APDU maintains a list of open calls for comment on proposed federal data collections. We periodically alert APDU members to newly added calls for comment. Over the last several weeks, calls for comment on the following proposed data collections were published in the Federal Register (with due date):
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS
Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture Comparative Database (August 3, 2015)
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Quarterly Survey of Insurance Transactions by U.S. Insurance Companies with Foreign Persons (July 31, 2015)
Census Bureau
Business and Professional Classification Report (September 8, 2015)
Department of Education
Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) 107: Programs and Services for High School English Learners 2015 (August 7, 2015)
2016 Main National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Administration (August 7, 2015)
July 9, 2015
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