Citing HIPAA, Groups Oppose Renewed Federal Plan to Amass Millions of Workers’ Health Data

OPM proposed collecting detailed service use and cost data (medical claims, pharmacy claims, encounter data, and provider data) from Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) and Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) carriers. Major stakeholders including CVS Health and the Association of Federal Health Organizations oppose the plan as unprecedented in scope and lacking specificity, raising significant HIPAA privacy and security compliance concerns; commenters represent carriers covering roughly 90% of FEHB and PSHB enrollees.