RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
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RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will use information from federal health insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid to create a \"real-world data platform\" to determine the cause of autism, the agency announced this week.The Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement on Wednesday that the NIH would team up with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to create the database utilizing insurance claims, electronic medical records and data from wearable devices with health sensors, like smartwatches.\"We're using this partnership to uncover the root causes of autism and other chronic diseases,\" HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ..