Attachment J -- Certainty Government Initial Letter

MEPS-25-L1
(05-04-2022)

DC

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Washington, DC 20233-0001

A Message from the U.S. Census Bureau:
The U.S. Census Bureau has conducted the Health Insurance Cost Study, the insurance
component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, annually since 1996 for the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. Accurate measurements of the current health
insurance system and realisc assessments of proposed changes to that system can only be
made when organizations like yours respond.
Please visit https://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/survey_comp/Insurance.jsp to learn more about
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and how they use the data you provide.
The requested informaon is not subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act (HIPAA) privacy rules because it does not ask for any individually idenfiable health
information.
As requested during our initial telephone call, please contact our interviewing staff at the
number below, between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern time (ET).
Phone number: __________________________________
ID #: _____________________________________________

Thank you in advance for your time and cooperation. Your response makes a difference.
Sincerely,

Kevin E. Deardorff
Chief, Economic Reimbursable Surveys Division
U.S. Census Bureau

OMB No. 0935-0110

census.gov