Recently, we have been experiencing resistance from members when we request their social security number and the numbers of their dependents. Several letters from employees quote The Privacy Act. We are considering not requiring dependents socials but this could negatively impact HEDIS numbers since SSN's are the only way to track continuous enrollment.
I am wondering if other health plans are also experiencing this and if they decided to not require social security numbers or have moved to using another identifier. Thank you, Melissa Waterhouse SummaCare Health Plan ********************************************************************** To be removed from this list, go to: http://snip.wedi.org/unsubscribe.cfm?list=privacy and enter your email address.
