CMS removes sexual-orientation and gender-identity questions from Medicare enrollment forms

Data/communicationsCMS

Date
Actor
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Type
Data/communications
Section
DATA ERASURE, TERMINOLOGY MANDATES, AND STATISTICS

Summary

CMS stripped SOGI questions from Medicare enrollment forms, ending collection of sexual-orientation and gender-identity information from new enrollees — an administrative-records counterpart to the survey deletions. (See section 2 for CMS policy actions generally.)

Status

In effect.

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