Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Medical Assistance Services
 
Board
Board of Medical Assistance Services
 
chapter
Standards Established and Methods Used to Assure High Quality Care [12 VAC 30 ‑ 60]
Action Electronic Visit Verification
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 3/21/2020
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3/8/20  10:13 pm
Commenter: Jake Metcalf, Researcher in the Law & Ethics in Computational Science

"With EVV, caregivers are providing a record of private & constitutionally protected behavior"
 

From Jake Metcalf's When Verification Is Also Surveillance:

"When caregivers log into a GPS-enabled EVV device, they also provide a precise and analyzable location history of the clients, and by implication a record of private and Constitutionally-protected behavior"

CommentID: 79645