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Patient Matching Improvement Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-217| Senate 
| Updated: 2/3/2021
Margaret Wood Hassan

Margaret Wood Hassan

Democratic Senator

New Hampshire

Cosponsors (1)
Bill Cassidy (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Patient Matching Improvement Act of 2021 This bill requires the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to standardize the format of postal addresses in health information technology to improve patient matching. Patient matching is the identification and linking of one patient's data within and across health care organizations using multiple demographic fields, such as name and address. The ONC must collaborate with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to make existing tools that automatically format addresses into a specific standard available to health care organizations. In particular, the ONC must focus on making the tools available to laboratories that test for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to improve data collection related to that disease. If the USPS determines the tools cannot be made available to health care organizations, the Department of Health and Human Services must report to Congress on the barriers that prevent such use. In addition, the ONC must update regulations to require the use of a standard address format as a condition of certification for health information technology.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-4456
Patient Matching Improvement Act of 2020
Feb 3, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Feb 3, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-4456
    Patient Matching Improvement Act of 2020


  • February 3, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 3, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedical tests and diagnostic methodsPostal service

Patient Matching Improvement Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-217| Senate 
| Updated: 2/3/2021
Patient Matching Improvement Act of 2021 This bill requires the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to standardize the format of postal addresses in health information technology to improve patient matching. Patient matching is the identification and linking of one patient's data within and across health care organizations using multiple demographic fields, such as name and address. The ONC must collaborate with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to make existing tools that automatically format addresses into a specific standard available to health care organizations. In particular, the ONC must focus on making the tools available to laboratories that test for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to improve data collection related to that disease. If the USPS determines the tools cannot be made available to health care organizations, the Department of Health and Human Services must report to Congress on the barriers that prevent such use. In addition, the ONC must update regulations to require the use of a standard address format as a condition of certification for health information technology.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-4456
Patient Matching Improvement Act of 2020
Feb 3, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Feb 3, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-4456
    Patient Matching Improvement Act of 2020


  • February 3, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 3, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Margaret Wood Hassan

Margaret Wood Hassan

Democratic Senator

New Hampshire

Cosponsors (1)
Bill Cassidy (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Health

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedical tests and diagnostic methodsPostal service