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Insurers seek access to New Hampshire immunization registry for quality reporting; privacy advocates and some patients oppose SB 75
Summary
Senate Bill 75 would let health insurers query New Hampshire’s immunization information system to fill gaps in plan records used for quality measurement and member outreach.
A bill to allow health insurance carriers to query New Hampshire’s immunization information system (IIS) drew both support and opposition at a Health and Human Services hearing.
Jennifer Gallagher introduced Senate Bill 75 on behalf of Sen. Rosenwald; she told the committee that carriers seek registry access to help meet National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) accreditation measures and to avoid repeated outreach to provider offices when members have immunizations recorded in the state registry. “The carrier may not always have that information available,” Gallagher said.
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care’s Peter Bragdon told the committee that carriers need accurate immunization data to improve…
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