On October 31, 2011, The United States Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released revised and final survey standards to be used to consistently measure race, ethnicity, sex, primary language, and disability status in an effort to highlight and target disparities in health status.
These new standards for data collection and reporting were mandated under the Affordable Care Act. Proposed standards were published in June of this year and comments were accepted until August 1st.
The new standards became immediately effective and will be used in all new surveys sponsored by HHS. A copy of the final standards and an accompanied explanation can be found here.
Please contact Brian Heaton at bheaton@kdlegal.com or (317) 238-6354 with any questions regarding these new standards.
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