Although health-care payment, delivery and quality depend on clean, consistent data, barriers facing employers, health plans and providers continue to hinder meaningful data collection, use and reporting. Federal policymakers can address these barriers, according to Morgan Health's Policy Reforms to Improve Employer-Sponsored Insurance policy guide, by:

Finalizing a recent proposal to create a centralized, national provider directory;
Modernizing the existing HIPAA statuteto better reflect current technological and business transactions so providers, health plans and third-party administrators can communicate safely, effectively and in real-time around care delivery; and
Providing consistent standards for race and ethnicity data collection, use and reportingthat are aligned between the private sector and federal government, building on the forthcoming update to federal data and reporting requirements from the administration.

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Growth in the demand for whole-person health services has prompted greater interest in expanding the primary and behavioral health-care workforces to maximize the skills of non-physician providers. To expand access to these critical services, Mogan Health recommends that policymakers encourage accountable-care arrangements that promote primary care with full integration of primary behavioral health care, empower non-physicians' ability to practice to the top of their licenses and improve reimbursement for behavioral health-care services.

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