“Data is more than numbers – it represents people. Our data must be as diverse and inclusive as our nation’s population.”
BCBSA President & CEO Kim Keck
While the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) prepares to update SPD 15 data standards for the first time since 1997, stakeholders are working on behalf of racial, ethnic, socioeconomic and LGBTQIA+ constituencies to support accountability led by OMB to diversify current data collection and reporting standards effectively.
Improve Data Collection Requirements:
Establishing clear and consistent requirements for the collection of racial, ethnic and language (REL) and sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data, including a minimum standard for disaggregated race/ethnicity collection that is consistent with industry interoperability standards.
Improve Data Collection Requirements:
Establishing clear and consistent requirements for the collection of racial, ethnic and language (REL) and sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data, including a minimum standard for disaggregated race/ethnicity collection that is consistent with industry interoperability standards.
Update Data Standards:
Clarify with OMB the importance of emphasizing the minimum standard requirement and encouraging granularity for and collecting disaggregated data inclusive of language and SOGI.
Update Data Standards:
Clarify with OMB the importance of emphasizing the minimum standard requirement and encouraging granularity for and collecting disaggregated data inclusive of language and SOGI.
Collaborate with diverse stakeholders:
Encourage OMB to intentionally and proactively elicit and accept additional input from diverse stakeholders regarding sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data collection and utilization into the Directive No. 15 update.
Collaborate with diverse stakeholders:
Encourage OMB to intentionally and proactively elicit and accept additional input from diverse stakeholders regarding sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data collection and utilization into the Directive No. 15 update.
Enforce the Universal Adoption of Updated Data Standards:
Require OMB to enforce non-voluntary, uniform and universal adoption of the updated OMB Directive No. 15 standards for all government agencies, and private sector health care stakeholders including payers and providers.
Enforce the Universal Adoption of Updated Data Standards:
Require OMB to enforce non-voluntary, uniform and universal adoption of the updated OMB Directive No. 15 standards for all government agencies, and private sector health care stakeholders including payers and providers.
