HHS to build Medicare, Medicaid database on autism, other chronic illnesses

HHS to build Medicare, Medicaid database on autism, other chronic illnesses

The database - which HHS said will draw from insurance claims, medical records, and data from wearable technology such as smartwatches - is one of the first steps in HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s bid to find the causes of autism "by September."

US Health department will analyze data from autistic Medicare, Medicaid enrollees, RFK Jr. says

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan Wednesday to use medical data and records from people on Medicaid and Medicare to help study autism although experts say it’s unlikely to help reveal the condition’s root causes. The program will involve a data sharing agreement between the National Institutes of Health, the government’s health research arm, and the Centers...

In response to RFK Jr., Pritzker to sign first in nation executive order protecting autism data

The governor's office said the executive order is in response to rising concerns about efforts to create federal autism registries or databases without legal safeguards or accountability.