5.4: Consumer and Patient Protections

Improve consumer and patient protections

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How We Will Accomplish Our Objective - Support a prohibition on the use of genetic information to deny access to health insurance. - Improve survey and certification processes for participation in Medicare and Medicaid. - Provide information to HHS beneficiaries on grievance and appeal rights in HHS health care programs, and on protections and complaint procedures for privacy of health information and civil rights. - Provide training and technical assistance to HHS “protection and advocacy programs” for persons who are elderly, mentally ill, or developmentally disabled. - Develop and implement options to streamline the Medicare appeals process.

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